Bully (2001)

Strong and Moving!

Let's be realistic.

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie is actually alright. But it is an EXTREME white trash movie. Everyone one is so ghetto and raunchy in the movie.

I saw this movie for the first time when I was 16 years old back in 2008 and it blew me away and it still does to this day. The whole atmosphere, Florida, the warm weather, hot girl actors, Nick Stahl, Brad Renfro(RIP). The fact that this is based on true events is crazy but it's true. This movie shows the dark side of people and you know stuff like this happens everyday around you. You shouldn't ignore the fact that this movie is true because well yeah, this is life...it didn't shock me really.But it is one of my favorite movies ever and nothing's ever gonna change that. The acting is awesome, Larry Clark is awesome, this is his best movie I think. I can't believe how someone can capture that whole stiffling hot Florida atmosphere so well as he could in this movie. Watch it and remeber: it's 4am...do you know where your kids are? 10/10 I just love it

Director Larry Clark does a fantastic job in relaying a very important message. As kids we are told to stand up to our bullies. Of course there are the right and wrong way to do things. Unfortunately the teens in this movie make the worst possible decision. Bobby Kent torments his best firmed Marty and rapes multiple girls. They don't make much of an effort to stop Bobby until one day they decide to murder him. Bullying is a huge problem around the world today and this movie shows the high level of emotions one can obtain from being bullied. Stand up for yourself but also make the right decisions. Don't follow your friends because after you do, you may end up realizing how dumb your decisions were.

'Bully' gives the viewer an insight into a group of maddeningly awful young people. They communicate in ways that is an affront to the English language; their diction is an ugly mess of incessant swearing and pseudo-ebonics that's punctuated with an exasperating misuse of the word 'like'. Worse than their lexicon is their degenerative lifestyles – they're lazy, feckless, horribly ignorant and amoral. They've become so rotten, warped and stagnant whilst living in their scummy Floridian microcosm that they seemingly think their behaviour is acceptable. Well, they probably haven't considered what's acceptable or not as they don't *think* about anything. The film, which is based on the true story, starkly reminds the viewer that there are people out there who are this scuzzy and revolting.I wanted to hate the film because I hated every character, but the characters were clearly purposefully constructed to be that way. To hate the film for its ugliness could be deemed as missing the point, it's a depiction of extreme adolescent degeneration, I suppose it's something of a cautionary tale. Its chief success is how it portrays the ugly messiness of violence; it covers a spectrum of emotions from its characters during the visceral, realistically unpleasant climax, a scene that's very well constructed by the preceding twenty minutes or so.However, Larry Clark's trademark perversion is all over this film, paying gratuitous attention to the bodies and sex of the teenage cast. It's ultimately rather one- dimensional; its narrative of murder is captivating, but its study of reckless, idiotic culture is quite suffocating. Its absence of any somewhat relatable characters and presence of many detestable ones overshadows the film's acting and engaging murder plot.Although it does deserve a degree of commendation, there is ultimately little incentive to watch this film. 'Bully' is another lurid Larry Clark film that smacks of attention seeking.62%www.hawkensian.com