Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9472 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-05-12
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Synopsis
Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) is not a nice guy. He beats up his best friend Marty every chance he gets, he abuses Marty's girlfriend Lisa, and he rapes Lisa's friend Ali. From director Larry Clark (KIDS) and screenwriter David McKenna (AMERICAN HISTORY X) comes this gruelling thriller based on the true story of Bobby Kent, a bossy Florida teenager who was beaten to death by a group of his peers.
There isn't a lot to do in the suburban Florida town that Bobby and his friends inhabit. They play violent shoot-em-up video games, they work at the Pizza Hut, they go surfing at the beach, and they cruise in their hot rods. But mostly, Bobby and his friends have lots of sex. The film is drenched in graphic shots of barely legal naked teenagers. (This has been Clark's favorite subject matter since his days as a photographer, as illustrated in his 1997 book TEENAGE LUST.) Sexual identity is an undercurrent in Bobby's story: he watches gay porn while he rapes Ali, and he forces Marty to dance with him at a gay club. Some of the other teenagers think that Bobby and Marty are a couple. But this is a minor issue. They decide to kill Bobby because he's a bully who has hurt and angered them; and because they're bored and desensitized to violence. In BULLY, Clark provides another hard look at the hard lives of American teenagers, in all their confusion. It isn't pretty.

Customer Reviews

Uncomfortable Viewing
Larry Clark has made another film that continues his apparent obsession with the disassociated youth of America. Young, angry, directionless people having sex, taking drugs and committing vicseral acts of violence.

It is hard, painful and unbelievable to watch. But equally compelling. Being from a rural, middle class background this world these kids live in seems totally made up compared to my youth, but what made this so engaging was the knowledge that this based on a true event.

If you are a fan of Larry Clark films this will be a welcome addition to your dvd collection. But if you are just starting out with Larry Clarks movies I recommend you begin with KIDS.

Clark's style
Teenagers and the common problems that surround them, like drugs, sex, violence ( in the case of this movie motivated by revenge )at crude and direct style of Larry Clark.

Regards. Tallis