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09/11/01
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Bully (2001)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:43
Rotten:41
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: With its lingering shots of naked teenage bodies, Bully feels more sordidly exploitative than realistic.
Theatrical Release:Jul 13, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) is not a nice guy. He beats up his "best friend" Marty every chance he gets, he abuses Marty's girlfriend Lisa, and he rapes Lisa's friend Ali. From director Larry Clark... [More]
Starring: Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Brad Renfro, Leo Fitzpatrick
Director: Larry Clark
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Reviews for Bully
Closer to teen pornography than to teen tragedy.
09/06/01
Top CriticBully is wrong on so many levels, it's difficult to narrow complaints down to just a major few.
09/06/01
A lot of people will hate this movie, while others will be transfixed by its indisputable power and solid performances.
09/04/01
A needy movie made by a needy director, peopled with actors who come off as mindless blanks.
08/31/01
Top CriticIt lacks a dramatic trajectory and emotional involvement.
08/31/01
A provocative film like Bully invites knee-jerk reactions, but there's a lot more to this story than meets the eye.
08/27/01
Clark's probing camera leers, but it also reflects truth, providing visions of a hard reality most of us would be unable to comprehend and unwilling to face.
08/17/01
Top CriticClark turns Bully into something approaching kiddie porn. That is what is creepy here.
08/17/01
Neither killers nor victim are drawn from life, just from lurid teen-exploitation pictures past.
08/17/01
Top CriticA brilliant film that fearlessly explores the lives of a group of aimless, middle-class Florida teenagers who plan to murder one of their friends.
08/13/01
Exposes us to the true horror of what's going on in these kids' lives.
08/09/01
Top CriticThe film is harrowing and unforgettable, an eye-opener that may provide a much-needed wake-up call to parents of disaffected kids.
08/05/01
A film of fits and starts, occasionally striking but more often curiously flat and uninvolving.
08/02/01
Attention must be paid, because this story of middle-class suburban teens who murder one of their own is all true.
08/02/01
Top CriticIf you stick with Bully through its seemingly endless repetition of themes and its hurl-inducing hand-held camerawork, it does build a crude, indefinable power.
07/31/01
Top CriticThe film's naked plenitude (and pulchritude) casts suspicion on Clark's ulterior reasons for making the movie.
07/30/01
Raised on sex and drugs, video games and violence, these adolescents don’t understand what they’ve done.
07/30/01
Only grips as the murder happens.
07/27/01
It's often dumb and disturbing, and sometimes powerful. Either way, you can't look away.
07/27/01
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