The Bubble Reviews Bash Judd Apatow's Pandemic Movie

Early reviews for Judd Apatow’s meta-comedy The Bubble are trickling in for the film’s April Fool’s Day release on Netflix and it seems like the joke is on Apatow. The film is written and directed by Apatow and has made a name for itself through a variety of stunt marketing campaigns to get The Bubble on audiences' radars.

Portraying the cast of the film-within-a-film are Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Pedro Pascal, Leslie Mann, David Duchovny, Iris Apatow, and Guz Khan, with Fred Armisen portraying the fictional director and Kate McKinnon as the studio head. The satirical film also includes a slew of cameos to look out for including actors John Cena, Daisy Ridley, John Lithgow, James McAvoy, and musician Beck.

The early reviews for The Bubble are a far departure from the much more favorable ones for Apatow’s previous film The King of Staten Island, with most critics complaining that the comedy didn’t land for them and the film’s attempt at biting satire is never fully actualized in the film’s two-hour-plus runtime.

Not every film featuring the pandemic has been a flop, with Steven Soderbergh’s 2022 thriller Kimi becoming a surprise hit, but audiences and critics alike are making it known that"pandemic humor" has overstayed its welcome when it comes to on-screen depictions. The tepid response to Apatow’s comedy also doesn’t bode well for streaming giant Netflix, which was just relishing in the success of Shawn Levy’s original sci-fi film The Adam Project.

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