For most of the film bubble Netflix’s Judd Apatow makes fun of the film world. He does this by showing how actors suffer under the relentless orders of indifferent studio owners, neurotic directors, and relentless set demands. But what could have turned out to be an effective satire, or at least a black-humorous script, it’s just a caricature. And this despite the stellar cast, interesting cameos and even a story about the twisted take on the fame that he displays. But the Netflix movie doesn’t have enough resources to keep up the tone and form beyond the unwieldy, weird and confusing first part.
Certainly, Apatow knows how to make people laugh, and sometimes he succeeds.. The story of how the cast of the fictional Cliff Beasts saga is itself a journey through the famous Hollywood series. Especially when the plot tells about the attempt to film the sixth part of the franchise, despite the pandemic. bubble He spends a good part of his time feigning bewilderment in the early months of the global lockdown. But at the same time, the way in which the celebrities of the film world admitted the fact of self-isolation. The script is full of twisted jokes, veiled criticism, and a twisted look at the supposed cost of fame.
The combination is effective in several cases., but in most cases this fails. Particularly when Apatow ups the dose of absurd humor to make the production more chaotic in the midst of quarantine. The director and screenwriter wants the vision of chaos in Hollywood during an unpredictable situation to be obvious, clear and perverted. At the same time, it shows that the world of entertainment is a spare box of the most absurd and meaningless elements of the real world. This is while Leslie Mann, David Duchovny, Karen Gillan, Pedro Pascal, Maria Bakalova and Keegan-Michael Key try to exploit the strange duality of their characters.
On the one hand, it is a world version of glory in a world situation. And on the other – a look at humanity – imperfect, funny and always confusing – from the celebrity layer. But Apatow does not find any sense, much less a brilliant way of narration, without falling into clichés and commonplaces. Perhaps the biggest problem Bubble.
One day a group of actors in a hotel
The sixth part of a fictional saga that looks suspiciously like low-budget sci-fi franchises is being filmed in an English hotel. Apatow sweeps across the stage with mocking coldness, analyzing the unrealistic predicaments of the Hollywood world. Bewildered actors in the midst of a situation of no small gravity, the perception of cinema as a fragile and cheap facade. And it does so at a time when the world abroad is suffering from the first effects of the pandemic and is torn between uncertainty.
But on the set of Cliff Beasts, there is only time to worry about moving the project forward. Especially when the clock is ticking and Darren (Fred Armisen), a director obsessed with success, starts to push. The Netflix movie goes through all sorts of extravagant and increasingly surreal scenarios. And while there is an element of derision throughout, it is clear that Apatow’s intent is also to subtly criticize the assembled world.
But the film lacks intelligence and courage. tropical thunderstorm Ben Stiller, to whom he almost inadvertently pays homage. bubble it attempts to mimic the uncomfortable atmosphere that supported Stiller’s film’s main sarcasm, but fails. And although both films show the cinema as an empty stage (in front of and behind the camera), The Bubble lacks rhythm. Much more, from vicious and cruel measures to analyze his characters. At the end, bubble Apatow’s is a rundown of commonplaces that has its greatest triumphs when you remember it’s all just a joke.
After all, the great escape from The Bubble
Artificial, soft and overly long, bubble eventually turns into a ridiculous joke without much unity. And this despite the attempts of the actors to show that this version of cinema – superficial and simple – is the most common.
But whether it’s because Apatow’s script has a simple feel that he can’t quite get over, or because of its outdated pacing, bubble he never shows the most poignant of his premises. Or maybe it’s just a joke to laugh without much interest. Another of Netflix’s many failed experiments that seem to be multiplying in its catalog over the past months.
Source: Hiper Textual
