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Bad Boy Bubby
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Director:
Writer:
Rolf de Heer (written by)
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Release Date:
26 April 2005 (USA) more
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All he needs is love. more
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Bubby's buxom mother tricked him to stay locked at home for thirty years, during which she mounts and abuses him. Buddy ends up in the streets groping random women until finding a nurse who is even more buxom than his late mother. full summary | add synopsis
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7 wins & 2 nominations more
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Original, powerful, hilarious study of an outsider more (64 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Nicholas Hope ... Bubby
Claire Benito ... Mam
Ralph Cotterill ... Pop
Syd Brisbane ... Yobbo
Nikki Price ... Screaming Woman
Ullie Birve ... Robbed Woman
Audine Leith ... Fondled Salvo
Natalie Carr ... Cherie the Salvo
Lucia Mastrantone ... Pizza Waitress
Carmel Johnson ... Angel
Jip De Heer ... Treelopper
James Ammitzboll ... Little
Grant Piro ... Salesman
Celine O'Leary ... Woman in Mercedes
Dave Flannagan ... Cop / Warder
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114 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The "wheelchair robbery" scene was based on an actual event that the director had witnessed while writing the script. more
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Bubby: Christ, kid, you're a weirdo. more
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Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998) more

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24 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Original, powerful, hilarious study of an outsider, 17 February 2006
8/10
Author: fertilecelluloid from Mountains of Madness

The first thirty minutes of "Bad Boy Bubby" are great horror. Bubby (Nicholas Hope), a strange, retarded man-child, has been imprisoned by his mom (Claire Benito) for thirty years. He hasn't left the house, can't leave the house, because mom's been busy having sex with him and perverting his sponge-like mind. Early on, the film alienates viewers by throwing in a scene involving the killing of a cat. We then follow Bubby as he ventures into the outside world and has a series of amazing, hilarious adventures in which his outsider status is often misinterpreted. He fronts a rock band, gets intimate with a real disabled woman (Heater Slattery), and discovers life beyond the walls of his prison. The film is extremely original and daring, and Hope's performance as Bubby is totally believable. It was shot over a long period by a number of cinematographers, although only Ian Jones gets IMDb credit. It has a unique, anarchic tone, and it is amazing watching how "normal" people interact with the unpretentious, unhinged protagonist. Ultimately, Rolf de Heer succeeds in creating a dark, surreal, powerful study of an outsider in a film that someone ought to double bill with Hal Ashby's "Being There". It's a triumph.

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