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Bully

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As Bobby Kent lay bleeding on July 14, 1993, he called out for help, and then mercy from his friends. Their response was quick and deliberate. Larry Clark's "Bully" chronicles the incident that would leave a community stunned, parents nonplussed and heartbroken and a group of defendants convicted of a brutal crime for which they never repented.
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With its lingering shots of naked teenage bodies, Bully feels more sordidly exploitative than realistic.

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Tanner Tafelski Village Voice What Clark does suggest in this confrontational work is a cultural condition in American suburbia by which relations between parents and children are strained or even nonexistent. Oct 30, 2019 Full Review Tom Dawson BBC.com There's something troubling about a film which, on the one hand, wants to take a moral stance about a lost generation, and on the other relishes shooting the nubile flesh of its young actors. Rated: 2/5 Feb 20, 2002 Full Review Loren King Boston Globe The moral wasteland of suburban youth has been examined, earlier and better, in The River's Edge. Clark's leering leads nowhere: In Bully, he has nothing new to say, and, in the end, no real point to make. Sep 14, 2001 Full Review Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com Rated: B Apr 14, 2012 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com ...an exploitation teen movie in the pejorative sense of the word. Rated: C- Jul 19, 2009 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Much too concerned with flashing nude scenes of its barely legal cast to make a point or unfold a story. Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Wolverine P I watch this movie whenever it is on, even though the movie gets some stuff wrong in what really happened. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Carey C It’s par for the course for a Larry Clarke film. It’s exactly like the book with only minor differences. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Oaklee D It's a film that leaves nothing to the imagination and is a bit too sexual for my tastes, but if you can get through the first chunk of this film the second half becomes quite entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/03/25 Full Review Roger S One of the best movies about bored teens. The movie feels real and yes, it is graphic, but it's one of those movies where you're not sure you should be watching because it is so raw, but certainly makes you think for days after viewing it. I still think of this movie years later. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review ringo l Umm, I liked it, it is quite thrilling, watching dumb ass kids lol Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Rich S I'm left to decide whether this is a movie worthy of watching at all. For one, I won't ever watch it again. Most movies are a decision between a 3 or 4, maybe a 7 or 8 on my 10-point scale. This one is strange because it's a choice between a 6 (three stars) or a 1. Or even a zero. Despite all of the negative feedback from paid critics for Larry Clark's choices with a young cast, I believe Bully does have some value. And it's hard to assign how much value when dealing with so much immorality. But I think Bully is a movie worth, at the very least, knowing about. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Larry Clark

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Brad Renfro

Marty Puccio

Rachel Miner

Lisa Connelly

Nick Stahl

Bobby Kent

Bijou Phillips

Ali Willis

Michael Pitt

Donny Semenec

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Synopsis As Bobby Kent lay bleeding on July 14, 1993, he called out for help, and then mercy from his friends. Their response was quick and deliberate. Larry Clark's "Bully" chronicles the incident that would leave a community stunned, parents nonplussed and heartbroken and a group of defendants convicted of a brutal crime for which they never repented.
Director
Larry Clark
Producer
Don Murphy, Chris Hanley, Fernando Sulichin
Screenwriter
Roger Pullis, Zachary Long, Jim Schutze
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lions Gate Films
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content|Strong Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$510.1K
Runtime
1h 47m
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