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Bubble (2006)
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Movie Review by Ezra
February 13th, 2007
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A friend of mine asked me to write 500 words or less about why I liked Steven Soderbergh's Bubble, so here it is for you, too. I recommend not reading this until after seeing the film.
To me, Bubble is a fascinating character study. Using non-actors gives the film an awkwardness that actually enhances that already in the script, as well as a reality like I have never seen in another film. The relationship between the two main characters is completely real to me; the woman is so desperate for a friend that she considers her mostly disinterested co-worker, who is just using her for rides, as her best friend, worth killing for.
Before I saw the film, a few people described it to me as a disappointing murder mystery, and if that's what they were expecting, I can see why they were disappointed. There was never any doubt in my mind that she was the culprit; the interesting part is how she deluded herself into believing that she wasn't. The only artificial lighting used in the entire film is during the scene in which she has this revelation, when she goes into her "bubble" and really sees inside herself for the first time, a devestating experience for anyone.
The loneliness of the final shot, as the kid cleans up at the factory, perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the entire film, and the doll parts that play under the end credits eerily hint at the pointlessness and sort of disinterested ghoulishness that characterizes their work and, by extension, their lives in a small factory town.
Films like this are why I love Soderbergh, especially when he jumps back and forth between deft Hollywood entertainment like the Ocean's Eleven trilogy (they're in post-production on the third one now) and films like this that only a few weirdos like myself will ever see, let alone enjoy.
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