How do you think you'd have turned out if you'd lived alone with your mother for the first 35 years of your life, not once seeing the outside world having been told that the air outside is poisonous? Add to this years of physical and sexual abuse and it's fair to say you'd hardly be the most well-adjusted person on the planet, and Bad Boy Bubby takes this concept and exploits it to the fullest. Writer-director Rolf dfe Heer isn't the first filmmaker to explore this unusual theme (Werner Herzog's excellent movie The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser covered similar territory back in 1974) but he manages to bring a new slant to the concept. The eponymous captive Bubby manages to escape and soon finds himself exploring the world with the wide-eyed wonder of a child before joining up with a rock band. The use of 31 directors of photography lends Bad Boy Bubby a unique scattershot visual style, while Nicholas Hope in the central role is perfectly cast.
