“The Bubble” makes Apatow’s last film, “The King of Staten Island,” look like a masterpiece. That one had a good Pete Davidson performance at the center of its narrative. Most Apatow’s are driven by great central performances, this one doesn’t have one. It’s Apatow’s silliest movie. A movie within a movie that recalls the hijinks of “Tropic Thunder.” This is a peculiar one for Apatow, not grounded in pertienence and straying far away from the realist comic gold of his best films, “Knocked Up” and “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin.” It plays like a satire of Hollywood idiocy, but doesn’t seem to realize that it is the very same thing it mocks. It also clocks in at a plodding 126 minutes. Why, Judd? The critics seem to be in agreement with me. “The Bubble” has a 36 on Metacritic and is 23% rotten on RT. Contribute Hire me
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