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 Bully (2011) 

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 Bully (2011) 
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Bully (originally titled The Bully Project) is a 2011 documentary film about bullying in U.S. schools. Directed by Lee Hirsch, the film follows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis. Bully premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. It was also screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the LA Film Festival.

Bully had its global premiere at Italy's Ischia Film Festival on July 17, 2011. Bully was acquired by The Weinstein Company immediately after its premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. The film was released in U.S. theaters on March 30, 2012.

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Ostensibly a collection of case studies on the universal problem of school bullying, it seems to work better as a commentary on the various social ills plaguing the Bible Belt, U.S.A. As the chosen victimized children all live between Oklahoma and Georgia and are mostly white (that the one bullied black girl depicted is arrested for brandishing a gun to defend herself speaks to a greater racial issue than simply kids picking on kids), the film is seemingly more a condemnation of the homophobic, hyper-Christian and morally perverse culture that pervades these southern states, rather than a truthful look at the nature of bullying. But instead of examining the bullies themselves and identifying the underlying social issues as a root cause of their behaviour, director Hirsch seems content to stick to the unfair victimization of a few children. Bullies are not inherently evil creatures, but by willfully ignoring them and refusing to investigate both sides of the issue, the film ultimately becomes merely another pseudo-activist documentary instead of a raw, powerful look at a complex, troubling subject.

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Magic Mike wrote:
zwackerm wrote:
If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes.


Same.


Algren wrote:
I don't think. I predict. ;)


Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:57 pm
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Hirsch is coming to my theater tuesday... actually a big deal around here lol. I'm interested to see the film, and would have no problem with a condemnation of the bible belt instead of a psychological lesson

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You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself.

Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.


Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:17 pm
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