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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 di...Read more
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You can tell this one is a B-Class Movie not as good as Kids but the point to the movie was great. It has some lovemaking scenes so don't show it to a minus 12-14 year old but...Read more
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Last, best performance by Brad Renfro
This movie was very dark, in my opinion. Based on a true story, the movie centers around a teen who bullies his "friends" and they decide to kill him for it.
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Bully (DVD, 2002, Unrated)

Larry Clark, Nick Stahl|Theatrical release: 2001 | Rating: Unrated

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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 (KIDS) and screenwriter David McKenna (AMERICAN HISTORY X) comes this gruelling thriller based on the true story of Bobby Kent, a bossy Florida teenager who was beaten to death by a group of his peers.There isn't a lot to do in the suburban Florida town that Bobby and his "friends" inhabit. They play violent shoot-em-up video games, they work at the Pizza Hut, they go surfing at the beach, and they cruise in their hot rods. But mostly, Bobby and his friends have lots of sex. The film is drenched in graphic shots of barely legal naked teenagers. (This has been Clark's favorite subject matter since his days as a photographer, as illustrated in his 1997 book TEENAGE LUST.) Sexual identity is an undercurrent in Bobby's story: he watches gay porn while he rapes Ali, and he forces Marty to dance with him at a gay club. Some of the other teenagers think that Bobby and Marty are a couple. But this is a minor issue. They decide to kill Bobby because he's a bully who has hurt and angered them; and because they're bored and desensitized to violence. In BULLY, Clark provides another hard look at the hard lives of American teenagers, in all their confusion. It isn't pretty.

Product Details
  • Edition: Unrated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Rating: Unrated
  • Film Country: USA
  • UPC: 031398789321

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Genre:Dramas
Format:DVD
Region:Region 1
Display Format:Unrated

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Director:Larry Clark
Leading Role:Nick Stahl
eBay Product ID: EPID3380802
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Movie trailer and editorial reviews

"...Tautly made....The acting is hypnotically good....A well-recruited cast gives the film a sense of trapped lives..."
Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt (07/10/2001)

"...[Clark] has assembled a talented and uninhibited cast -- Michael Pitt is especially good and surprisingly funny..."
New York Times - A. O. Scott (07/13/2001)

"...[BULLY is] abundant in visual times; at times, one wonders if Clark might have been poring over prints of Techine's WILD REEDS or Bruno Dumont's LIFE OF JESUS..."
Film Comment - Chuck Stephens (07/01/2001)

"...[A] gripping, intelligent film..."
Total Film - Steve Grayson (04/01/2002)

"...The movie is brilliantly and courageously well-acted by its young cast; it's one of those movies so perceptive and wounding that there's no place for the actors to hide, no cop out they can exercise..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (07/20/2001)

"...It's filmed with passion and with a courage of convictions that mainstream studio releases have just about abandoned. Rachel Miner is a standout..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (01/25/2002)

"...A truly disturbing modern tragedy unfolds..."
Sight and Sound - Lucy Neville (12/01/2002)

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Good Movie Good Morals

Created: 05/11/09
You can tell this one is a B-Class Movie not as good as Kids but the point to the movie was great. It has some lovemaking scenes so don't show it to a minus 12-14 year old but highschool Senior or girls Juniors if they are mature yeah show because it shows the morals of who not to trust and be friends with, and how sex and kids can make you do things that when you are older and wiser you will regret for the rest of your life, and the movie shows how the nice guy that always does for others and doesn't think about will regret it, like our nation and the current president who is doing things for the highers and is going to sign away the constitution soon with the North American Union between Canada-USA-Mexico. This movie after you watch and learn things about Fema concentration camps, not just what the lying government tell you, and more from http://www.InfoWars.com, http://Hallindsey.com, Don't believe the religion part of http://www.ZeitGeistmovie.com but truth about 911 and Federal Reserve truth on how we are being controlled like our fore fathers did not want us to be and 1 main reason we broke from England from, Overall Great Movie that if you think about it, it is good. Not the best film work, you can tell it is not a A+ hollywood production, but it has some really big points it puts out, even though it doesn't seem 100% real but then again I grew up in a Country not a City so I don't know if it really was that easy for kids and if they really never use condoms or anything.
Definitely watch learn and spread power to the youth !
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Last, best performance by Brad Renfro

Created: 24/12/08
This movie was very dark, in my opinion. Based on a true story, the movie centers around a teen who bullies his "friends" and they decide to kill him for it.
This film is one of the best final performances by the late Brad Renfro. He plays a good bad guy, which is why i bought it. Any time a good actor plays a bad guy is really good because you get to see a different side to them. His death was a tragedy due to the fact he had so much talent and was pigeon-holed or typecast. He had so much more to offer but never had the chance. He's what i liked most about this.
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Bully

Created: 23/10/07
Larry Clark delivers yet another masterpiece. Filled with violence,sex and realism this movie is his best yet.After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen.
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Keep the children away from this one

Created: 21/03/07
Hard to believe that this movie is actually based on a true story. Add directors Larry clark's usual mixture of violence,sex,dysfunctional families and teenages and then turn it up a notch leeds to a very riviting and disturbing film. Make sure you watch the actors commentaries and see the real people who their characters were based on.
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BULLY ROCKS!!

Created: 16/10/06
The only reason I bought this movie was of Nick Stahl....such an amazing actor. The movie was intoxicating; I felt like I had been on a weekend of partying with lots of drugs, and I don't do drugs. The story was so realistic that I could not believe it was a REAL LIFE story...WOW! Larry Clark was the perfect director for this story. He seems so in tune to the younger crowd that it is hard to believe he far from their age. I definitely give it ****, and if you want realism slapped into your face...WATCH IT!!
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