6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Crime, Mystery • 2006 • 73 min • Adults (18+)
Bubble (2006)
Bubble (2006)
Overview
Steven Soderbergh's 73-minute drama follows three coworkers at a Midwestern doll factory whose quiet, economically stranded lives collide around a murder. Shot with non-professional local actors, the film is less interested in plot mechanics than in the texture of working-class isolation. The Neutral label fits cleanly. There is no political agenda, no ideological framing of poverty, and no identity-focused subtext. Family structures appear unconventional but the film observes rather than editorializes. Religion is absent. The cast includes a Black male lead, a natural result of local casting rather than any visible design. Soderbergh keeps the camera on loneliness and routine, which leaves almost nothing for a bias dial to latch onto.
Starring Cast
Debbie Doebereiner • Omar Cowan • Dustin James Ashley
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Steven Soderbergh's 73-minute drama follows three coworkers at a Midwestern doll factory whose quiet, economically stranded lives collide around a murder. Shot with non-professional local actors, the film is less interested in plot mechanics than in the texture of working-class isolation. The Neutral label fits cleanly. There is no political agenda, no ideological framing of poverty, and no identity-focused subtext. Family structures appear unconventional but the film observes rather than editorializes. Religion is absent. The cast includes a Black male lead, a natural result of local casting rather than any visible design. Soderbergh keeps the camera on loneliness and routine, which leaves almost nothing for a bias dial to latch onto.
Starring Cast
Debbie Doebereiner • Omar Cowan • Dustin James Ashley
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film offers a naturalistic portrayal of economic stagnation and social isolation in a small town, focusing on the personal tragedies and individual choices within these bleak circumstances without advocating for any specific political solution or ideological viewpoint.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie includes visible diversity in its cast, featuring a Black male lead, which appears to be a result of casting local non-professional actors rather than explicit DEI-driven role changes. The narrative focuses on human relationships and a murder mystery within a working-class setting, without critiquing traditional identities or explicitly centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays characters living outside traditional family structures, including a single mother and a deep platonic bond between unrelated adults, but it does so observationally without clearly endorsing or critiquing any specific family values.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the strained relationships and escalating jealousy among three co-workers in a small-town doll factory, leading to a tragic outcome. The story primarily explores themes of loneliness, economic hardship, and possessive attachment.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Bubble" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on cisgender individuals and their relationships, loneliness, and a murder mystery, without any elements pertaining to transgender identity or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Bubble" features an original story with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Bubble is an original film featuring characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation to establish a canonical race for any character, thus precluding the possibility of a race swap.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
6.3
Critic Ratings
7.2
6.3
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