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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   3,691 votes
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Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Writer (WGA):
Coleman Hough (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 January 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Another Steven Soderbergh Experience
Plot:
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(34 articles)
One Final Update on Steven Soderbergh's Moneyball Fiasco
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 (From SoundOnSight. 25 May 2009, 11:54 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Soderbergh's minimalist view on a Gothic small-town 'love triangle': Well worth a glimpse more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Debbie Doebereiner ... Martha
Omar Cowan ... Martha's Father
Dustin James Ashley ... Kyle (as Dustin Ashley)
Phyllis Workman ... Bakery Shopkeeper
Laurie Lee ... Kyle's Mother
Daniel R. Christian ... Factory Supervisor
Misty Wilkins ... Rose
Madison Wilkins ... Jesse
K. Smith ... Jake
Decker Moody ... Detective Don Taylor
Thomas R. Davis ... Sergeant Davis
Ross Clegg ... CSI
Scott Smeeks ... Officer Smeeks
M. Stephen Deem ... Pawn Shop Owner
Leonora K. Hornbeck ... Tackle Shopkeeper
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Runtime:
73 min | Hong Kong:73 min (Hong Kong International Film Festival) | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Belpre, Ohio, USA more
Company:
Extension 765 more

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Much of the film's dialogue is improvised. more
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Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-01-21)" (2006) more

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47 out of 60 people found the following comment useful:-
Soderbergh's minimalist view on a Gothic small-town 'love triangle': Well worth a glimpse, 26 September 2005
8/10
Author: rbfltjshjgldfngr from United States

Lisa Swartzbaum of Entertainment Weekly opened the New York Film Festival screening of "Bubble" by introducing the writer Coleman Hough (a woman, to my minor shock). She said about 10 words and the screening began.

Upon the first scene, any film guru would note that it's amazingly captured on HD. Some scenes I couldn't believe weren't 35mm.

"Bubble" doesn't belittle the simple people it depicts, as many Hollywood-takes-on-small-town-USA films do, but really gives them great depth and complexity. Coming from a small town myself, I felt like I knew the people that were on the screen.

The neurotic "love" triangle that emerges in the film is wonderfully dark and comedic, as is the film entirely. From the assembly of the dolls in the factory to the simple lunch break conversations, everything has a seeded, underlying element of humanity that is both jocular and haunting.

Without giving away anything damaging to the story, "Bubble" is a great escape from Hollywood for both Soderbergh and the public alike with amazing performances by the non-professional leads and supporting cast and an ending that will make you say "Huh?"

8/10 (and for as much as I paid for tickets to the NYFF, Soderbergh should've been there dammit!)

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