KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Lanina Smith I think that the documentary was quite powerful, in my own opinion. The documentary didn't try to romanticize the idea of bullying or suicide but touched on the reality of it. The idea that school really cannot do anything is rather false and you can see that in this documentary. Also, they show the parents and how they cope as well. They follow a child and watch his daily routine as he gets bullied and tormented daily and how they take care of situations like that. They also show public meetings which were quite informative and helpful to see what the community thought as a whole instead of just the general people as themselves. I believe this documentary was made to help teach kids not to bully, and to show what it does to others, and how to guide kids who are being bullied to stand up and tell someone, because many societies and schools today are unsafe from this type of deal. Some teachers and children have yet to recognize it. I enjoyed this documentary for its informative reasons but the entire thing made me unhappy as a person to see this happening to children so young and that no one would do anything about it until someones life is at stake.

D E I can't believe the access this crew had to these people's lives and moments. This will make you cry and make you angry at the same time, and inspire you, all at once. The bravery of the parents (I don't know how they go on) and the kids (ditto) is powerful.If you have kids, were once kid, or are a kid, you must see this. I wasn't bullied like the kids in this movie, and so far, my kid is not either, but it WILL effect and touch you just the same.I confess, I kind of avoided watching it for a while thinking I just wasn't in the mood for it, but once I started, I couldn't stop, and I wish it had been twice as long. Again, so moving.Thank you to the makers of this production for giving a larger, deeper voice to these stories than they get in media sound-bites. And for taking the time to collect these stories from such a diverse group of kids and families, showing that bullying can be for any reason or no reason at all.

Dalbert Pringle In regards to this documentary - When it came to the likes of bullying, I found it rather peculiar that director Lee Hirsch chose to zero-in on this vicious activity within the very boundaries of America's "Bible Belt" States.Like (within this vast nation of the States), is this area of the USA really supposed to be where the most focused incidents of teen bullying is taking place? If this is so, then it certainly gave this viewer the impression that there actually might be a direct correlation between the act of bible-thumping and the desire to be a nasty, little bully.Of course, there can be no denying that this decidedly cruel business of bullying is a mighty tough and touchy subject to tackle and deal with both in an objective and responsible manner.For one thing, producing a documentary (like this one) that completely concentrates on the victims of this viciousness only results in an imbalanced viewpoint and doesn't offer one any reasonable solutions to the problem.What a documentary of this one's nature really needs to do (and this one didn't) is to offer the viewer some clear insight into the motives of bullies and, with hidden cameras (of course, a big no-no), go into the homes of these bullying culprits to expose what it is there that breeds this sort of behaviour from behind closed doors.Though I believe that this documentary was made with the very best of intentions in mind, one of Bully's main problems was its inability to hold its audience's rapt attention, throughout. If you were to show Bully to your teens, I really doubt that it would have enough clout to sustain their undivided interest for more than 15 minutes, at most.

NORDIC-2 'Bully' is a depressing viewing experience. It's not just the frustration and grief of the victims' parents, or the reflexive meanness of these kids' tormentors, or the detestable apathy of teachers and school officials--it's the whole picture of moral coarseness, sloth, stupidity, and degradation. The U.S. is not tops in bullying worldwide--we're actually right in the middle of the rankings, between the worst behaved (i.e., most brutal) societies of eastern Europe and the best behaved, in northern Europe. Cold comfort. This documentary is a revealing glimpse, not just of bullying, but of a culture that's impoverished in every way imaginable. If this society were economically and politically just, had a preponderance of decent schools, good jobs, loving families, and happy, empowered people, there would still be bullying but suffice to say, it would be radically diminished. Bullying is not just "human nature"; it stems from real conditions of oppression, ignorance, and neglect--an ugly symptom of the alienation of lonely, angry kids, turned outward, upon the weak and vulnerable. William Blake put it well: "Cruelty has a human heart."