I wanted to but couldn't!

Fresh and Exciting

Blistering performances.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Bubby (Nicholas Hope) has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape, and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into modern life begins.As someone who likes strange and unusual films, I have to say this is among the most strange and unusual. For those who can be offended, there is plenty to be offended by here. Just in the first few minutes there is animal cruelty, full frontal male nudity and incest. So, yeah, this is not for everyone.And as the film goes on, it gets... well, not sure what it gets. Some have called this the Australian "Forrest Gump", which is not really accurate, but in some ways very accurate. Bubby is not so much stupid as just not aware of the world, and yet he seems to successfully manage it...

A quintessential part of any Australian film conversation. It starts claustrophobic and emotionally violent. It seems to have no purpose beyond its own nihilism. It's hard to take at the start. But once it blooms, it refuses to stick to a single note, parsing out nightmarish and beautiful experiences in a great tumble, becoming nothing short of a full-tilt run at what it means to be alive, to learn, to grow, to create art, to love and hate, to be loved, and to become a genuine thing instead of a mimicry of past experiences. For a film to start at such a narrow singular point and then successfully expand so fully is an incredible achievement.Thirty-two DP's, each one taking charge over a different set-piece, create a sense of large conglomeration for such a "little" film. The filmic style is always changing and evolving, its perspectives unset and roaming. Always looking for something.Nicholas Hope's performance is unbelievably watchable, bringing to mind Bruno S. in "The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser" (though nothing is really on par with Bruno. He didn't "act", he received a transmission) and the movie's simple premise - even if you come from a horrible place, even if the world around you is sh!t, that doesn't mean you can't become a better person - is incredibly satisfying in its resolution.It's an amazing low-budget, punk-art achievement by director Rolf de Heer. A great, great film that gets an unfair rap as "extreme" or "weird" cinema, when really it's quite beautiful, humanist and optimistic on the whole.

Why is this the best film ever made? First of all, it has an introduction that just knocks you over. I have never been so completely hooked by anything in film, before or since, as by the absolute multi phobic first half hour of this film, where one discover Bubby's more than miserable life together with his mother. Both Nicholas Hope and Claire Benito deserve the highest honor for their achievements. And the rest of the story is just one of the strangest ever written and made for the silver screen. It's simply one of a kind, totally unique, delightfully bizarre and absolutely mind blowing. An equal philosophical roller coaster trip such as Bad Boy Bubby is damn hard to surpass, if it's even possible. The very strange or very normal characters are all so perfectly fitted into the story that it becomes something beyond film experience. No film I've ever seen before or since has come close. If I could rate it 12, I would !

This movie was bad. If you enjoyed it, you might also be bad. There was a lot of fat in the movie, and a lot of oily, blubbery, exposed skin. I never thought I would watch a stink-mouthed man child desperately try to grope and make love to a mentally challenged, disabled creature. There was also a lot of animal cruelty and I find that distasteful.I was really excited about this movie because the internet said I should be. I can't believe I had to sit through this after watching a Throne Game not even a half hour earlier. That had dragons and not-greasy ladies and a broats game. I really hated the broats game, but 9/10 people say they'd rather do a broats game than a Bubby one.Sorry that you like this movie.In short, I think the director should be imprisoned for war crimes.