Bully
It's time to take a stand.
It's time to take a stand.
Documentary, Drama
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2011
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This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we've all been affected by bullying, whether we've been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who'll be bullied this year in the United States, it's a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school busses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
23 Apr 2011
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$1,100,000
Revenue:
$3,483,795
Awards:
8 wins & 21 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Bully is less a checklist plan for eliminating abusive behavior than an emotionally powerful wake-up call for a society too long in denial.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
13 Apr 2012
fresh:
Bully" is smart and compassionate about the pain of its wounded subjects and the frustration felt by their parents, seemingly abandoned by the system. What the powerful film lacks is insight into bullying.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
13 Apr 2012
rotten:
Hirsch seldom gets face time with any bullies or their parents, and he tends to ignore the complicated social and psychological patterns that feed the problem.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
13 Apr 2012
fresh:
For a film that understandably only scratches the surface of its topic, Bully carries a devastating emotional punch.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr 2012
fresh:
It would have been nice if the film had reflected its title a bit more and looked at the bullies themselves - what drives one kid to torture another? Is it a reaction to home life, is it fear, is it innate awfulness?
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
13 Apr 2012