The Bubble
Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 7, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Fox stumbles a little at the end, which is unnecessarily exaggerated. He should have trusted his own talent - it's the attention to minor details that makes his work so memorable. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
The Bubble surprises us at every turn. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Director and co-writer Eytan Fox is going for a sexually democratic, politically aware variation on story themes familiar to "Sex and the City" viewers. (At one point Lulu is referred to as "Miss Israeli Carrie Bradshaw.") Surprisingly, it works, and the entire cast is excellent. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
Eytan Fox delivers another involving tale in The Bubble. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Given the upbeat, tender rhythms of the movie's love story, the climax--a cry of bottomless despair--comes as a profound shock. It's meant to, and though the ending is touched by the goofy absurdities of melodrama, Fox's mix-and-match sampling of apparently incompatible genres nails the nervous blend of vitality and desperation that is Israel today. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
One might question the operatic finale, which doesn't quite have the inevitability of the greatest tragic love stories. But the film's humanism gives it an overwhelming impact. To Israeli audiences, the experience must be even more explosive. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
It's only when The Bubble takes a swift turn into domino-tipping tragedy in the final act that a tender, fraught love story feels casually discarded in favor of something psychologically pat and ham-fistedly earth-shattering. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Mr. Fox may be a romantic, but he understands that love is rarely all you need. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Real love is often as complicated and painful as Middle Eastern politics, and Fox might have been better off acknowledging that, rather than making his characters such vague, sweet, safe ciphers. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Sweet tempered but occasionally simplistic youth picture about three young, progressive Israelis who share a flat in a chic section of Tel Aviv. Read full review
38
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The comedy is without distinction and the conclusion is melodramatic. I must note that ads for the film are misleading because they give no hint of the dark side of The Bubble. Read full review
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