Bad Boy Bubby

2007 • 113 minutes

About this movie

Confined to a two-room slum for his whole life, Bubby knows only of the existence of himself and his mother, a religious freak who shares the bath, and her bed, with her son. But when Bubby's long-lost father (an alcoholic priest) returns home, and to his wife's bed, the jealous Bubby is driven to head out into the world. Abused and exploited by everyone from feminists to prison inmates, a policeman, animal lovers and the Salvation Army, Bubby, armed only with the few phrases he's learnt from his mother, has a tough entry into an inhospitable world. But others soon warm to this innocent idiot savant, and Bubby starts to find a place in the poisoned world from which he was confined. An international art house hit that won best film at the Venice Film Festival, Bad Boy Bubby is director Rolf De Heer's (The Tracker, Dingo) dark, quirky cult comedy masterpiece. (c) Australian Film Finance Corporation Pty Ltd, Fandango, Vertigo Productions Pty Ltd

Ratings and reviews

I realised I could not think of anything better, other films may take themselves as seriously, be as genuine and sincere, or as well executed but they are few and far between. Not even the unconventional love stories of My Own Private Idaho, King King, Harold & Maude or the Fredric March Jekyll and Hyde manage to eclipse the brilliance found here. Part cultural mirror as found in of Wake In Fright part Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer. Antagonist is portrayed as the protagonist, with pathos & humour.

Your a sexy woman, flo

Work of art!