Friday, August 13, 2021

The Boy In The Plastic Bubble

I usually loved the Afterschool Specials we saw as a kid. But this one creeped me out from the beginning. First you find a kid with a disease so rare that he has to live in a plastic germ free bubble. Then you cast John Travolta and you don't even make him shave his head because a kid in a plastic bubble should have a bald head because whatever is killing him would take his luxurious mane firsts. Then, of course, the prettiest girl in school loves him although her touch would kill him. That is just selfish. She is just a disease tease. And as a teen how do his masturbation within a plastic bubble? Trust me, that should become an issue once he falls in love with the prettiest girl in the school. But no mention or answers to any of MY questions. Then he goes out of his sanitary bubble and can't handle high school. Well, DUH! He's been in a plastic bubble his whole life. I dare you to watch this one to the end. The acting and writing and music are all so overwrought that you want to put a plastic bubble over your own head to end your life and the pain of watching this film. Hell, get through the trailer and I will give you a gold star.





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