Bully

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Bully

R

Released Jul 13, 2001

1h 47m

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

Rated: B

Apr 14, 2012

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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

Rated: C-

Jul 19, 2009

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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ringo l

Umm, I liked it, it is quite thrilling, watching dumb ass kids lol

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/02/25

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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

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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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