Plot by Imdb: "Bubby's buxom mother tricked him to stay locked at home for thirty years, during which she mounts and abuses him. Buddy ends up in the streets groping random women until finding a nurse who is even more buxom than his late mother."
As usual with Rolf de Heer ("Incident at Raven's Gate"), everything looks amazing in this picture. But, on top of that, the script is also extremely rich and enjoyable. Based on the classic story of the "special" man that make others realized themselves or create amazing things, thanks to his lack of "formatting", this one is cruel enough and bleak enough to be enjoyable, even by the more cynical of us. Some parts are clearly comical and his "career" as a post-modern singer is hilarious and touching. Religion has a central part of the movie as Bubby has to deal with his own special mysticism. His "pure" ways of relating to the others are never an excuse to watch the world in a naive way, as many abuses and sordid aspects of reality are depicted. Both shocking at time, amusing, bitter or simply funny, "Bad Boy Bubby" reach easily a form of realistic poetry, that we don't see often. Another little gem from Rolf de Heer, maybe his most well known movie outside of Oz.
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