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Bully

It's 4 a.m... do you know where your kids are?

2001 · 1h 53m · TV-MA Crime, Drama
Directed by Larry Clark

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A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Kent, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

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55%
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Rotten

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.

Loren King, Boston Globe
Rotten

Closer to teen pornography than to teen tragedy.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

Clark's probing camera leers, but it also reflects truth, providing visions of a hard reality most of us would be unable to comprehend and unwilling to face.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten

Neither killers nor victim are drawn from life, just from lurid teen-exploitation pictures past.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh

Exposes us to the true horror of what's going on in these kids' lives.

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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