This isn't a Michael Moore style doc, with a glib host walking you through the issue at hand. Instead this is a fly-on-the-wall doc, cooly observing and reporting on its subject.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

If Bully doesn't make you angry, then you're not paying attention.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020

What the filmmakers have captured is extraordinary.

| Jan 16, 2020

Lee Hirsch and his collaborators really made a very good and thought provoking documentary film. As cliché as that may sound it's true, it's a really well conceived rallying cry of a film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 11, 2020

Unfortunately, the film's thesis is somewhat thin (bullying sucks!) and Hirsch doesn't present us with any recourse to prevent it besides awareness.

| Original Score: 2.7/5 | Nov 8, 2019

Bully isn't saying anything new, but it is asking us to look at the sickening reality of condoned bullying. But, as if from some Orwellian nightmare, those who need to see it most get no admittance.

| Jul 9, 2019

It's a film that will be an eye-opener for any parent, and even some kids who might see it. I think it's a great way to start a conversation on the subject...

| Original Score: B | Apr 12, 2019

The film does a wonderful job shedding light on a problem that continues to fester in every strata of society.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 9, 2018

Bully is a powerful megaphone amplifying the call to stop bullying in schools.

| Sep 7, 2018

Whatever makes kids behave like this isn't going to be solved by a movie.

| Aug 30, 2018

Filmmaker Lee Hirsch puts a face on the agony and loss caused by the scourge of school bullies with his powerful documentary "Bully."

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 7, 2018

There are some powerful moments here in a film that will give many food for thought.

| Jan 3, 2018

Bully seems a bit of a bully itself. Raw footage trumps raw feelings. Yet Bully is compelling

| Aug 30, 2017

The isolation and loneliness of these children and the merciless bullying by other children will break your heart.

| Aug 9, 2017

Doesn't dig any deeper than surface-level pathos and cheap shots at school administrators.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

A crock of bull by a director more interested in exploiting the subject than exploring it.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 2, 2013

There's no arguing with Hirsch's message, but in order for his film to make the necessary impact, it must be mandatory viewing in every school -- for faculty and administration as well as for students.

| Original Score: 4 | Apr 21, 2013

One of the ten best films of 2012.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 27, 2013

A difficult film with no real answers to the dilemmas it poses...

| Jan 7, 2013

An intense look at bullying from the perspective of the victims.

| Original Score: B | Dec 14, 2012