Rent Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
3.5 of 5 from 85 ratings
1h 54min
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- Synopsis:
Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, 'Bad Boy Bubby' with its hard-hitting content of deprivation, mental illness and incest, shocked its audiences to become one of the most daring and controversial cult films of the 1990s. Nicholas Hope gives an astonishing performance as Bubby, a demented man-child kept locked his entire life in a squalid apartment by his depraved mother who uses him for sex. When Bubby - who can only communicate by mimicking what others say and do - escapes into the outside world, he soon discovers young women, crime, rock 'n' roll, and pizza. Will this naive 'mad bastard' be destroyed by the realities of our cruel world, or does a higher calling ultimately await him in the most unlikely place of all? - Actors:
- Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill, Syd Brisbane, Nikki Price, Ullie Birve, Audine Leith, Natalie Carr, Lucia Mastrantone, Carmel Johnson, Jip De Heer, James Ammitzboll, Grant Piro, Celine O'Leary, Dave Flannagan, Paul Philpot, Todd Telford, Paul Simpson, Stephen Smooker, Peter Monaghan
- Directors:
- Rolf De Heer
- Producers:
- Domenico Procacci, Rolf De Heer, Giorgio Draskovic
- Writers:
- Rolf De Heer
- Aka:
- Bubby, el noi dolent
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Countries:
- Australia
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Unknown
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 2.0, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Special binaural headphone audio track — be inside Bubby's head!
- Director and Actor Commentary with Rolf de Heer and Nicholas Hope
- Christ Kid, You're a Weirdo — Interview with Director Rolf de Heer
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of Bad Boy Bubby
Bad Boy Bubby, no more Cling Wrapping Pop ! - Bad Boy Bubby review by porky
Twisted Modern Reimagining of ' The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' where a man ,raised in confinement suddenly experiences the Outside World. Only Bubby's World both Confined and Free is littered with Abuse ,Trash and Filth. Poor 30+ yo Bubby grows up and finds a Pop career and Love eventually...but not before encountering many nasty hazards along the way . Cult Classic and True Oddball Movie,
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Mama’s Boy Unleashed - Bad Boy Bubby review by griggs
Bad Boy Bubby is one of those films where the idea’s better than the end result—but what an idea. A feral man-child, raised in squalor and fear, steps into the world armed only with the warped logic he’s inherited. It’s bold, bizarre, and occasionally brilliant—equally shocking and darkly funny. But it also stumbles: some scenes feel clunky, others smug.
The sound design is inventive, the lead performance is unhinged, and the lead flirts with genius more than once, even if it doesn’t always follow through. Think Eraserhead meets Forrest Gump, doused in Aussie grime and blasphemy. I admired it more than I enjoyed it—and by the end, I wasn’t sure if it was profound or just loud. Still mad, brave, and altogether its own beast.
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