Bully (2001)
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Year: 2001
Directed by: Larry Clark
Starring: Brad Renfro (Marty), Nick Stahl (Bobby), Rachel Miner (Lisa), Bijou Phillips (Ali), Michael Pitt (Donny), Kelli Garner (Heather), Daniel Franzese (Derek), Leo Fitzpatrick (Hitman)
Country: United States
Language: English (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:52:36
Genres: Teensploitation, Revenge, Based on a True Story, Gay
Plot – Spoilers:
Bobby and Marty have been best friends since childhood, but their relationship is dominant-submissive. Marty hates that he is regularly beaten up by Bobby, but can’t summon the will to shake himself out of the abuse. His passion is surfing and while he’s pretty good at it, he’s all but given up on the dream. But things begin to change when he meets Lisa, who plants the seed questioning the permanence of abuse.
Bully is based on the real life story of Bobby Kent and is one of Larry Clark’s better features thanks mainly to its cast. And while it’s based on factual incidents, it does a great job of snapshotting how easy it can be at a certain age to plan and plot something extreme, and yet how difficult it can be to pull it off successfully. And also how each character deals with the pre and post-incident nerves.
Random:
Director Larry Clark plays the hitman’s Dad in a couple of scenes.
Glad they decided to kill Bobby that fucking abusive shit. They would have gotten away with it if the guilt hadn’t manifested. But I don’t think any of them really had much to feel bad about – karma is a bitch!!!
Love this movie! 9/10
I remember Larry Clark from Kids, and from his photography book “Tulsa” that I saw back in the 90s. At the time I was working as a theatre artist in Toronto and his sleazy aesthetic was everywhere. I think this film is fascinating. There is a beauty in the skeeviness…The scene where the older boy says goodbye to his brother and gives him his earring was a beautiful shot. At that young age there is only a few years difference between your younger siblings who act tough but have no idea what is waiting for them in adolescence. My thought at the time and now was how much it reminded me of growing up in the 70s, unsupervised, feral. The man knows how to photograph., I’ll give him that much. The whole Van Sant, HArmony Korine, Larry Clark triad is interesting. Ugly/beautiful. I still love Gummo but some of it makes me cringe. Thanks for posting these films. They hardly ever stream anywhere these days. I am looking forward to watching some of the Guy Maddin and BrucLaBruce offerings.
dumb kids dicking around for nearly 2hrs
clark= hack
Harmony Korine is the real visionary
Jesus Christ, these dumb fucking whores.
Bobby – fugly, tall and skinny, asshole, phone pimp, rapist, rich, whore.
Marty – cute, short but huggable, kind, pushover, has fully consensual sex, lower middle class, good at commitment.
OMG how stupid are these teens lol they kill Bobby spend all this time coming up with a alibi than they brag about the murder too every friend they see like they won the lottery. based on the real life Murder of Bobby Kent
how can someone be this clueless in life? don’t ever do drugs losers, the thing is it makes you fucking retarded, planning for at least a month before killing a fag is a must
What a retarded movie lmao, the plot is so american teen…:D
Lmao when he starts crying on the beach after Lisa asks him about Bobby beating him up so much I was dying laughing. It was like the scene in scary movie 2 when the news reporter is in the woods and a river is coming out of her nose mimicking that one movie 🤣 why the fuxk are you slobbering so much Marty??! I used to surf a ton and I know the sea is salty but gat damn homie
Would you rather have sex with Ali, Lisa, or Heather? I would rather have sex with Heather. Not just because she’s pretty–they all are–or because she has the best tits, though she does . . . There’s just something more tragic and compelling about her that makes me think I would enjoy penetrating her more than the others.
Held my interest throughout. Would you classify him as a bully or a sadist, perhaps both? Didn’t take long at all for it to unravel, and the justice system certainly did not mess around with the severity of the sentences.
Now thas a fucking movie
Honestly, the idea of just beating him up would have been more forgivable and justified compared to what happened. Killing someone should always be a last resort when your life is threatened, they must’ve felt like it to do this though. As for Bobby, it’s unclear if he posed a lethal threat but what he did there would’ve gotten him killed anyway eventually if not then.
The parents in this situation, both in the movie and in real life, clearly have some serious flaws in their “wisdom”. No parent is perfect, but this level of negligence is inexcusable. It makes me grateful for my own upbringing.
But damn if Florida ain’t funny. Good one.
this movie had me so mad…why were they so stupidddd
Makes you think, how many bobby’s roam the comment section on EUM.
The ones that bully, are homphobic but secretly gay.
the could’ve beaten his ass
This movie always stuck with me… knew plenty of kids like this in the 90’s… well except for the murder shit.
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Loved the movie. R scene was hot.
Masterpiece.
thw way this is real.
I love this movie its so much deeper then it seems to be fair 10/10 everywatch
Dumbest criminals ever, enjoyed the film tho
I guess they ended up doing away with Marty’s original convection and now have him serving life in prison. Bobby was a fucking prick, imo.
I want you to suck my ballz
Marty has no balls whatsoever,should’ve just cracked that Bobby in the fuckin mouth a few times & dropped him in the beginning instead of taking his shit & this whole sorry fucking story couldve been avoided,buy no be a pussy,get slapped around cry & get your little bitch friends together & shit goes pear shaped,when you couldve just punched the prick in the teeth & stood up for yourself,every person in this was an unlikable cunt & they all got what they deserved
slick and sleazy morality tale quasi-high school drama works for me – and this honey pot is cool but for the absurd upper right reminder – put me on the list
Why didnt he just hit him back lmao hes a smaller guy
One of my favorite movies of all time.
MAn…. When I watch Kids, Bully and Gummo, i’m completely horrified that some teenagers lives this way. Is this real America? I never seen anybody acting so fck up when I was young.
The ending was so random!Good movie
similar to Kids but even more haunting. glad he got killed but still i have no idea who to feel bad for
The rape scene and murder scene are seared into the back of my mind.
damn.
narcissistic rapist pig, glad to see him die.
god yisus this was a real good movie. it reminds me of Natasha Cornett and her friends. THIS MOVIE IS GOLD
This incredibly movie is like a kick in the face.
This movie is so great !!
Man, I kinda felt bad Bobby, I mean yeah, he deserved it, he was a hellish-manipulative no-hope asshole but still, it was coldblooded (wow).
Crazy to thing that actually happened !!
Still, great movie, the teens are not really likable and not the smartest (fav had to be the hitman), but still recommend !! >:^]
dumbest ending have no sense
This movie was good to watch and it’s crazy that it’s true. One thing there was never a time that they didn’t have a cigarettes or a joint in their hand. Also you never give your kids too much Freedom you keep them in an activities and you know where they are at all times these kids were able to do whatever they wanted they were bored
He deserved it but the ending was cool with bloodshot…damn
Nick Stahl man….what a performance he gave in this as Bobby Kent!!!
haunting song at the end. marty definitely did not deserve what became of him