Bully

Bully (2001)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (91 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (22,846 ratings)

Photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark, who made a controversial feature debut with the disturbing drama Kids, returns with another disquieting look at amoral and sexually precocious youth. Bobby (Nick Stahl) is a high school student growing up in southern Florida in the early '90s. Bobby is… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
David McKenna
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jul 13, 2001 Wide
Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    ...an exploitation teen movie in the pejorative sense of the word.

  • Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

    [Larry] Clark is not enough of a good director to pass this off as art...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jack H


    'Bully' gives the viewer an insight into a group of maddeningly awful young people. They're much like the characters from a Bret Easton Ellis novel, only these ones are of a slightly later generation, meaning there is a marked 'wannabe black/rapper' theme… More

  • Jeff "


    A powerful true to story drama, Bully is a stunning and very dark film. With a great cast of actors, director Larry Clark crafts a memorable drama that is hard to watch as you see a group of teenagers plot to kill one of their friends who is physically abusive and who has raped one of… More

  • Zach B


    Essentially, this is one hell of a disturbing film. But what makes this even more shocking is the direction of Larry Clark and the dark, gritty way the film is shot. Based on a true story, this film is one that holds nothing back and is disturbing enough to make A Clockwork Orange… More

  • Lady D


    Based on a true story, this is a teen story with a difference. Sexually charged and drug fueled teens seek revenge on the bully who controls them and don't quite think their plan through. Watching the uncut version of this, certainly highlights the extreme levels of bullying… More

  • Unknown H


    I watched this movie to see if Larry Clark managed to bring in some of the darker elements that I felt were missing from his previous movie Kids. I honestly enjoyed seeing this movie had done just so, encorporating some of the more twisted pieces of the teenage psyche and pulling it… More

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