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« on: August 04, 2006, 06:20:PM »
Bully

Subversive, unglamorous film about high school revenge. Nothing smart about the script or the directorial craft of Larry Clark, yet the end result is an effective drama about teen alienation, pent up agnst and the ills of broken friendships. The characters are either always having sex or high on their drug of choice but with shades of Macbeth thrown in, the movie dives into terrifyingly dark territory. Decent cast includes Brad Renfro as the repressed Marty whose girlfriend Lisa (Rachel Miner) plants the seeds of murdering his bullying, violent best friend (Nick Stahl). They are joined in this endevour by a stoned Michael Pitt and Bijou Philips. Based on a book about a true story.

Rating: 4/5

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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2006, 07:26:PM »
i fuckin' love this movie.Brad Renfro gave the performance of his career.let Larry Clark direct the Battle Royale remake PLEASE! PLEASE!
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2006, 02:43:AM »
The only possible way I will ever watch anything by Larry Clark is if its an actual footage called, "My Suicide".
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2006, 02:06:PM »
I have seen Ken Park it was v. challenging. People called it p0rno but Larry Clark is always challenging such people tryng to piss every1 off with his method. I like his movies fine
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2006, 10:20:PM »
No.
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2011, 04:14:AM »
Just finished watching it. Very disturbing, and for the most part well acted. Nick Stahl as the psychopathic bully is the best of the bunch. I always the liked him, but he is terrific here. The film is shocking and has load of sex and nudity. Those are fitting in such a story, but it seemed too much and exploitative, especially near the end. I liked how grainy the film looks, and even though the tone of the film is dark, but it is has some dark humor. Over all, very interesting teen drama, that is worth watching and discussing.

My Rating 3.5/5
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 11:21:PM »
I only watched it for the sex.
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2011, 12:32:AM »
Quote from: ozzylogic on September 09, 2011, 11:21:PM
I only watched it for the sex.

You must have watched it when you were still a pimple-faced teen, cause there is not even a shred of erotica in this film, never mind the wall to wall nudity and sex.
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2011, 12:33:AM »
Yep, something like that Cheesy
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