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Bully

The Bully Project

United States

2011

99 Min
Color
English
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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DIR Lee Hirsch

EXEC Cindy Waitt

PROD Cynthia Lowen, Lee Hirsch

DP Lee Hirsch

ED Lindsay Utz, Enat Sidi, Jenny Golden

MUSIC Ion Furjanic, Justin Rice, Christian Rudder

Tribeca (World Documentary Competition), Chicago (Docufest Competition)

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This year, over 5 million American kids will be bullied at school, online, on the bus, at home, through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns, making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. The Bully Project is the first feature documentary film to show how we’ve all been affected by bullying, whether we’ve been victims, perpetrators or stood silent witness. The world we inhabit as adults begins on the playground. The Bully Project opens on the first day of school. For the more than 5 million kids who’ll be bullied this year in the United States, it’s a day filled with more anxiety and foreboding than excitement. As the sun rises and school buses across the country overflow with backpacks, brass instruments and the rambunctious sounds of raging hormones, this is a ride into the unknown. For a lot of kids, the only thing that’s certain is that this year…

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LifeofFiction

28Apr12

For all intensive purposes, this is a great documentary. However, I think it could've used much less staging and explored more of the social issues surrounding this horrible reality.

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Andre Rehal

22Apr12

A micro study of a macro issue. It hit the right emotional beats choosing to focus on the victims of bullying and their turmoil but I thought it could have used a little examination of the bully's themselves.

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Kevin T

21Apr12

A structurally weak documentary with a strong message. Goddammit, hit your focus marks, literally and figuratively!

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Amani

7Apr12

A good to favorable documentary with some poignant and relevant interviews. The images were powerful and stood for something larger....a national problem. The point is to empathize and to actually induce change for those that believe this is just a common (exaggerated) problem. This is a must-watch for today's teenagers also.

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