Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.

Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
  • Rating: (4,988 votes)
  • Taglines:All he needs is love. » He's been in his room for 35 years. It's time to let him out! »
  • Runtime:114 minutes
  • Director: Rolf de Heer
  • Countries:Australia, Italy
  • Actors:
    Bubby
    Nicholas Hope
    Mam
    Claire Benito
    Pop
    Ralph Cotterill
    Yobbo
    Syd Brisbane
    Screaming Woman
    Nikki Price
    Robbed Woman (as Ulli Birve)
    Ullie Birve
    Fondled Salvo
    Audine Leith
    Cherie the Salvo
    Natalie Carr
    Pizza Waitress
    Lucia Mastrantone
    Angel
    Carmel Johnson
  • Genres:Comedy, Crime, Drama
  • Producers:
    Rolf de Heer
    producer  
    Giorgio Draskovic
    producer  
    David Lightfoot
    associate producer  
    Domenico Procacci
    producer  
  • Plot: Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
Bad Boy Bubby
  • User's comment:Love of life by batcheeba

    I saw this film for the first time years ago, and it never left my mind. I have since seen it many times and for each time i see something new, or something i missed. It's an ongoing story, that changes side by side the changes i go through, while going through life. The film is dark, it's very in your face. Strong images and a deep sadness is present for the most parts of the plot. But it has another more interesting side, and that is the naive and curious mindset of Bubby. how he deals with life, and how i learns and how he imitates life, is a lesson learned for everyone. To me it's all about being able to adjust, to create, even when all you have is shattered. There is a way in every situation. It may not be the common way, it may not be normal, but what ever path you find, is right for you. The people in the film are real, there is no glamour. Yoy believe their story, even if you only get little sneak peaks of how things used to be. I would call it a feel good movie. Some people might say that is a very strange thing to say about Bad boy Bubby. But Bad boy Bubby is a very strange film as well. A 10 it is.


  • Quotes: The Scientist: [plays organ music in church] Bubby: Jesus can see everything I do... and he's going to beat me brainless! The Scientist: Come down.
  • Also known as: Bad Boy Bubby (Brazil), Bad Boy Bubby (Finland), Bubby, el chico malo (Argentina), Rosszcsont Bubby (Hungary - imdb display title),

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