![]() ![]() Travolta has gotten so overexposed and self-parodying in his late career that it’s easy to forget what an immensely charismatic performer he can be and why his first appearance on the scene caused such a splash. ( The Boy in the Plastic Bubble was made in 1976, one year after Travolta’s TV debut in Welcome Back, Kotter and one year before he hit the big time with Saturday Night Fever.) The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a perfectly preserved time capsule of its pop-cultural moment, which is what makes the choice to revisit it in 2005 nostalgic in the best sense. He also falls for Gina, the girl next door. He goes to high school via closed circuit TV before devising a space suit contraption that allows him to physically attend class. 1h 36m IMDb RATING 5.7 /10 5.2K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 4,868 108 Biography Drama Romance The girl next door makes a teen born with immune deficiencies want to leave his germ-free bubble. ![]() Despite his recent spate of tough-guy roles, Travolta has always specialized in playing this kind of emotionally open, volatile man his most memorable roles include the Clintonesque president in Primary Colors and the endearingly insecure hit man in Pulp Fiction. As a teen, Todd (John Travolta) suffers typical teenage angst, coupled with his growing frustration at being confined to his plastic home. After a childhood spent interacting mainly with parents and doctors, the teenage Todd is just as defenseless emotionally as he is immunologically when Gina holds his hand through the rubber glove built into his box, he lights up like a Christmas tree, only to crumple up weeping when she abruptly withdraws her affection. ![]()
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