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.
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02/20/02
Bully (2001)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:43
Rotten:41
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: With its lingering shots of naked teenage bodies, Bully feels more sordidly exploitative than realistic.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) is not a nice guy. He beats up his "best friend" Marty every chance he gets, he abuses Marty's girlfriend Lisa, and he rapes Lisa's friend Ali. From director Larry Clark... [More]
Starring: Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Brad Renfro, Leo Fitzpatrick
Director: Larry Clark
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12/15/03
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12/30/06
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03/25/02
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03/03/02
Top CriticLarry Clark has an astonishing way of getting into the minds of teenagers.
12/10/01
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06/24/06
Top CriticJoins the list of great American films about killing
03/10/02
A brutal, though darkly humorous film.
10/30/02
An extremely disturbing tale of escalating peer pressure.
10/16/03
The film is harrowing and unforgettable, an eye-opener that may provide a much-needed wake-up call to parents of disaffected kids.
08/05/01
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02/16/02
A needy movie made by a needy director, peopled with actors who come off as mindless blanks.
08/31/01
The film's naked plenitude (and pulchritude) casts suspicion on Clark's ulterior reasons for making the movie.
07/30/01
a haunting work that raises more issues than it can fully address
12/04/01
A bit long and repetitive.
03/07/04
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.
09/14/01
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03/24/02
Top CriticBully, though filtered through Clark's particular and somewhat fatalistic perspective of American youth, is authentic.
07/13/01
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.
07/20/01
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