Bully

Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Rachel Miner

Marty (Brad Renfro) is a tormented surfer who relies on his longtime pal Bobby (Nick Stahl) for rides to the beach and South Florida bars despite vicious abuse. But when Bobby turns his unwanted atten...( read more  read more... )tion to Marty's new girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) and her best friend Ally (Bijou Phillips), Lisa decides Bobby's reign of terror must end. Assembling a crew of alienated suburban teens, she forms a deadly plan to get Bobby out of the way once and for all, turning friends into enemies and casual acquaintances into co-defendants in a murder that rocked America to its core.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Larry Clark

Released: July 13, 2001

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DVD Released: January 29, 2002

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  • May 13, 2009
    meh, it was kinda annoying
  • July 28, 2008
    Brutally honest and extremely dark film retelling the story of a group of teens pushed to the edge by one of their own..eventually leading to murder.
    Not recommended for the weak stomached.
    Amzing performances from the late Brad Renfro and Nick Stahl
  • May 16, 2008
    This is the best Larry Clark film ever. I just love this movie. It's a sick, disturbing and depressing story of blind and troubled youth down in a suburb west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and it's all true. This film is based on the harrowing true story of the murder of teenager B... ...( read more )
  • April 26, 2008
    Uno, dos... one, two, tres, cuatro...

    "Bully," the brutal and veridical retelling of a teenage disturbance, is yet another excuse for Larry Clark to depict this generation's dwindling teenagers by providing unflinching violence, sex and drug use. It's very accurate (Perhaps too ... ...( read more )
  • March 23, 2008
    Fuckin good film.
  • June 30, 2009
    you have to start watching "bully" knowing it's going to be fucked up. it's not fantastic, but it is honest.

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View more Bully reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
August 17, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Neither killers nor victim are drawn from life, just from lurid teen-exploitation pictures past. full review

July 20, 2001
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Some call it realism; I'd call it exploitation. full review

July 20, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Clark is not some objectified, outside adult observer making an after-school special, but an artist who has made a leap into this teenage mindscape. full review

July 16, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate

A riot of sleazy camera moves, bad acting, and maladroit profane dialogue. full review

July 13, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

An honest piece of work by a filmmaker who has found his level. full review

July 13, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Some of his detractors have called Mr. Clark a pornographer, but this is an insult to honest smut-peddlers, who treat their subjects with more respect than he does. full review

July 12, 2001
Claudia Puig, USA Today

One has to wonder about the mind-set of a middle-aged filmmaker who repeatedly seeks out material about amoral and promiscuous teenagers with little to say. full review

Comments


  • jriv216
    March 22, 2007
    Yeah, this is a good movie. Those people up there are retarded....
  • greendaygirl24
    November 4, 2006
    This was a geart movie..i read the book 2...good movie!!!!and i can belive it was base on a true story!!!!

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