“At least we tried to make a movie, they can’t judge us for that,” a character says at the end of writer-director Judd Apatow’s newest comedy for Netflix. “We made something that’s a distraction in these difficult times.” I can only assume these words are a not-so-subtle effort to short circuit critiques — we’re grading on effort these days, are we? — from anyone puzzled by “The Bubble” and its halfhearted attempts to satirize Hollywood egos and moviemaking in the Age of COVID-19.
From left: Pedro Pascal and Keegan-Michael Key as co-stars enjoying some downtime at the hotel in"The Bubble." Clever wordplay is in short supply, but I did like the exchange between Gillan’s character and a soccer pro at the hotel, when her pandemic-hampered sex life becomes a thing they’re discussing without naming it: “Would you like to go to my room right now and just talk for a bit?” he asks. “I’d like to talk. I feel like I haven’t talked in a very long time,” she replies. “I’m a lot of fun to talk to,” he says. “I’ve just been talking to myself lately,” she almost mutters to herself.
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