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Bully

BULLY directed by Lee Hirsch. 108 minutes. An Alliance release. Opens Friday (April 6). For venues and times, see Movies. Rating: NNNN


Five middle-school children and their families are the focus of this relatively conventional inside look at kids being mercilessly bullied by their peers. It’s upsetting in all the right ways.

A young girl finds a gun and threatens her harassers – eventually experiencing the full force of the law. Lesbian Kelby survives thanks to supportive parents and gay friends. Alex, who has Aspergers and whose bullying is most graphically exposed, doesn’t tell his family anything about his ordeal. Two sets of parents try to make school authorities accountable for the suicides of their kids.

Hirsch rides the bus – truly hell on wheels – to record the abuse, the pathetically passive bystanders and the distressing response from wholly inept teachers.

Committed filmmaking at its best – and guaranteed to make a difference.

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