the bubble be an effort to make a gay romeo and juliet type of story with an israeli and a palestinian and although it seem to come at it by way of friend or beverly hill 90210. the character be shallow and trite a be the dialog and plot line . the movie seem torn between fluff and depth . on the one hand there be a pointed effort at be shallow a ( in one example of many ) some minor character even ask question that invite development of insight into the conflict at hand and and get answer like and hey and be here to make a poster for a rave against the occupation . don not get political . beyond the obvious absurdity of such a line and it just one of many ham fisted signal that the movie be just a hollow and insubstantial a it title suggest . on the other hand and the movie main pretension to depth follow the lover to a presentation of bent a play about gay in a nazi labor camp . the scene on stage be awkwardly rush and undermine it erotic power ( understandable give the constraint of film time and but still this could have be edit to much good effect . ) and come off as flimsily a the rest of the film . too bad . this play deserve much well . the character be so one dimensionally cartoony some even have name that telegraph their entire ( though the word seem inappropriate here ) substance . the aggressive soldier from the crack golani brigade be name golan . the militant palestinian be name jihad . the striving for chic faghag roommate be lulu . anyone familiar with the checkpoint and life in palestine and whether from real life or documentary will find the checkpoint scene a absurdly unreal a well and the rest of this fluffy fantasy . when a palestinian woman go into the fast labor on record israeli soldier be solicitous and helpful and an ambulance show up in minute . ( the outcome of the birth serve to show the palestinian a unappreciative of israeli beneficence and even downright paranoiac . ) altogether the checkpoint be show a a mere nuisance and not the series of bone numbing and soul crushing and humiliate obstruction with no regard for medical care or necessity in case of birth and death and or severe illness . ashraf and the palestinian lover and seem to get through from nablus to tel aviv with no problem and no paper and no hassle . he just show up whenever he like . when the israeli want to get through it be much more of a challenge involve a scheme worthy of lucy ricardo . against the backdrop of nice and supportive israeli and surly homophobic palestinian we move to a resolution that be utterly lack in motivation or purpose except a a painfully obvious dramatic device to milk sympathy for the forbidden lover . gay israeli palestinian romance have be handle on stage with much more skill and depth a in saleem salaam or shalom so this film be hardly even as groundbreaking a some people would like to think . gloriously bad film like the work of ed wood at least have some striking idiosyncrasy to distinguish them . this one doesn not even have that go for it . most of the sound track sound like simon and garfunkel on quaalude and and even with the weird oedipal touch to the gay sex scene and the general incompetence that pervade this movie play out like a mediocre tv movie of the week .