As much as I hate to burst “The Bubble,” the Netflix movie sinks under the weight of its own overwrought and farcical and only intermittently funny execution, despite a clever premise, one of my favorite comedy writer-directors behind the camera and an all-star cast that throws itself gamely into the material — even when the material is landing with all the subtlety of a CGI dinosaur clomping through the wilderness.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “The Bubble” director and co-writer Judd Apatow was inspired to create this meta-movie by the real-life trials and tribulations endured by the cast and crew of “Jurassic World: Dominion,” the sixth installment of the dino franchise, which was delayed multiple times while everyone was stranded in the United Kingdom for months during the pandemic.
