Tanner Tafelski Village Voice Oct 30, 2019

What Clark does suggest in this confrontational work is a cultural condition in American suburbia by which relations between parents and children are strained or even nonexistent.

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Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com Apr 14, 2012 B

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Rick Groen Globe and Mail Apr 6, 2012 3/4

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Rex Reed Observer Apr 4, 2012 3.5/4

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone Mar 31, 2012 3.5/4

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Stephanie Zacharek Movieline Mar 30, 2012 6.5/10

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jul 19, 2009 C-

...an exploitation teen movie in the pejorative sense of the word.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

Much too concerned with flashing nude scenes of its barely legal cast to make a point or unfold a story.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com May 10, 2006 2/5

Clark is not a moralist, which is good, but he is not much of a dramatist either. You get the impression that the fascination with youth in his movies, just like in his photos, provides an excuse for voyeurism.

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Emily Blunt Blunt Review Mar 7, 2004 2.5/4

A bit long and repetitive.

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Jurgen Fauth About.com Oct 16, 2003 3/5

An extremely disturbing tale of escalating peer pressure.

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Tom Grealis RTÉ (Ireland) Feb 13, 2003 3/5

'Bully' demands attention for the way in which it forces us to watch and digest a dark slice of American society. American beauty this ain't.

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Heather Wadowski Film Threat Dec 8, 2002 1/5

hose involved in the real life story this film is based on should be disgusted -- for both sides were truly cheated out of the respect they deserved.

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Brian Walker ViewLondon Oct 30, 2002 4/5

A brutal, though darkly humorous film.

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Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan Oct 21, 2002

Bully is a well-made film about an ugly incident. It deserves to be seen.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Sep 26, 2002 2.5/4

The first 45 minutes or so of Bully is so similar to Kids, with the teens doing absolutely nothing except having sex and getting high, that it almost negates the effectiveness of the rest of the film.

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Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World Aug 23, 2002 2.5/4

Whatever the motivations are that fuel director Clark, his movie can't be so easily dismissed as trash.

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Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile Jul 18, 2002

It's Larry Clark who's the bully, a cinematic bovver boy who just can't help himself.

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Luis Martinez Cinenganos Jun 28, 2002 7/10

La cinta peca en crudeza y no logra verosimilitud. Bully no alcanza la infame pero gloriosa fama de Kids.

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Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies Jun 14, 2002 4/4

If such material and the pessimism accompanying it make some people uncomfortable, maybe they're starting to get the point.

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