Discouraged, Jimmy intends to return home with his parents, but encouragement and an opening provided by his father Morton allows him to escape on a plane piloted by Pappy's twin brother Pippy. When Pippy becomes lifeless over Niagara Falls Jimmy survives the fall and arrives at the church in time to stop the wedding. Abandoning his bubble suit, he embraces and kisses Chloe before collapsing. At Morton's insistence, Mrs. Livingston confesses that he had already developed an immune system when he was four and has been perfectly fine all along. She had kept him isolated only due to her overprotective nature. Jimmy and Chloe are married with all the people encountered during his adventure in attendance. Recognized as the former "Wildfire", Mrs. Livingston re-embraces her rebellious side and prepares to depart with Slim on his bike along with Morton. Jimmy and Chloe discover Pippy and Pappyboth of whom merely fell asleep instead of dyingas they ride off to begin their honeymoon. Cast Jake Gyllenhaal as Jimmy Livingston Swoosie Kurtz as Mrs. Livingston aka "Wildfire" Marley Shelton as Chloe Danny Trejo as Slim John Carroll Lynch as Morton Livingston Verne Troyer as Dr. Phreak Dave Sheridan as Mark Brian George as Pushpop Patrick Cranshaw as Pappy and Pippy Ever Carradine as Lisa Beetlejuice as Lil' Zip Fabio Lanzoni as Gil Zach Galifianakis as Bus stop man Arden Myrin as Lorraine Pablo Schreiber as Todd Matthew McGrory as Human Sasquatch / Clark Stacy Keibler as Working girl Madajah McCullum O'Hearn as Red Hot Reception The film opened #13 at the U.S. Box office, taking in US$2,038,349 in its opening weekend. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 31% based on 84 reviews, with an average rating of 3.76/10. The site's consensus states that "Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny." On Metacritic it has a score of 41% based on reviews from 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The film has been considered a "cult comedy." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Musical adaptation In 2013, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio adapted Bubble Boy into a stage musical featuring original songs, for which an original cast recording was released on Ghostlight Records in 2017 featuring A.J. Holmes, Alice Ripley and Richard Kind, produced by Paul, Justin Goldner & Kurt Deutsch.