Review of Bully (2001) by Zane U — 12 Dec 2009
It goes out and accomplishes exactly what it wants to, which definitely works to its credit, but a bit of subtlety would be nice. Now that I'm initiated into the Larry Clark universe (having seen this and Kids), I just wish he was either a) less angsty/rebellious, or b) a bit less heavy-handed in the delivery of his angst/rebellion.
BULLY was a serviceable film, but it could've used some polish to clean up the stylized grime. I realize I'm speaking in vague terms right now, but its an off-shoot of the fact that my main problem with BULLY was the tone.
All of the "spaces in between the lines" were filled with sex and drugs (whereas in KIDS, the whole film was between-the-lines sex and drugs). Its calculated issues-oriented subject matter makes it one of those movie that I can picture a teenager who wants to get into "cool" films watching after reading the title off of some "cool" film list on Google, then feeling enlightened after seeing it.
Either way, BULLY was definitely interesting and, I don't know, maybe I liked it?
This review of Bully (2001) was written by Zane U on 12 Dec 2009.
Bully has generally received positive reviews.
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