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Bubble Gum is a coming-of-age story set in a small industrial town of Jamshedpur in India about life of a teenager at a stage when you are no longer a child but yet to become an adult.
Critic Consensus
Critical reception for Bubble Gum is largely moderate, with most reviewers awarding it a passing but unremarkable score. Critics most commonly praised the film's naturalistic, realistic treatment of adolescent themes and the life-like performances from its cast, including the two teen actors playing hearing-impaired characters. Common criticisms center on a meandering narrative, stretched screenplay, and a lack of conventional entertainment value, with at least one critic dismissing it outright for its absence of commercial appeal. The film is generally seen as a sincere, nostalgia-driven effort better suited to niche audiences than mainstream viewers.
9 rated reviews · 8 positive · 1 negative
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Updated“'Bubble Gum' suffers from some amount of narrative drabness, and some strange too-quick transitions. But it is a film that needs to be noted for its appealing cast and being true to itself.”Read full review ↗
“Bubble Gum may not score high on the entertainment quotient and is definitely not meant for the popcorn guzzlers. But the film has a piquant charm to it, spilling over with mood, sentiment and message. Add to this, the life-like performances by almost all the actors, including the two teen actors (Delzad and Sohail as the hearing-impaired), and you have a film that offers a satisfying experience.”Read full review ↗
“BUBBLE GUM is a refreshing, heart-warming tale that makes us nostalgic of the good old days. This 'Bubble Gum' must be blown! A must watch”Read full review ↗
“On the whole, BUBBLE GUM has its heart in the right place. A film that arrives with zilch expectations, but succeeds in taking you back in time when life was simpler and sweet. Recommended!”Read full review ↗
“Narrative meanders in portions. Screenplay is streteched out in parts. The amateurish, rough touches remain real still. So does the movie. Throughout. It's the nearest we've got to an honest Indian take on the Wonder Years, set in early '70s American suburbia.”Read full review ↗
“What makes Bubblegum an entertaining watch is the absolutely realistic & mature treatment to adolescent issues generally discarded as frivolous.”Read full review ↗
“On the whole, the movie is truly touching and worth a watch. It may not be a blockbuster but would be ideal for a DVD viewing.”Read full review ↗
“The film has implemented no entertaining formula and goes by the flow that in a way recreates a real life situation in the simplest possible way.”Read full review ↗
“On the whole, Bubble Gum may be a well-meaning and well-made film but if it still goes largely unnoticed, it will be because of lack of face value and lack of entertainment value.”Read full review ↗
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- Release Date
- 29 July 2011
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Language
- Hindi
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