{"id":3453,"date":"2016-06-19T08:37:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T12:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:00:24","slug":"bully-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3453","title":{"rendered":"Bully-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bully-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Lee Hirsch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #419<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70181711.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3454\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70181711-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70181711\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70181711-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70181711.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 19, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bully is an informative, topical 2011 documentary on the bullying problem that has plagued the United States in recent years and, thankfully, has received more attention as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, bullying has resulted in several suicides, which the documentary addresses.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary focuses on a handful of bullied students and tells their individual stories.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the documentary says teachers and school administrators too often either don&#8217;t take the issue seriously or try to downplay it to avoid more attention.<\/p>\n<p>Bullying is a nationwide problem in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the producers had focused more attention on the actual bullies and their accountability, but surprisingly they did not.<\/p>\n<p>This point was almost completely glossed over, and the film featured only the victims.<\/p>\n<p>It would have been interesting to hear the bully&#8217;s perspective. Do they have issues at home causing them to bully? Do others bully them?<\/p>\n<p>Despite this flaw, Bully (2011) is a well-made documentary that anyone with kids should see, especially teachers and school administrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bully-2011 Director Lee Hirsch Scott&#8217;s Review #419 Reviewed June 19, 2016 Grade: B+ Bully is an informative, topical 2011 documentary on the bullying problem that has plagued the United States in recent years and, thankfully, has received more attention as a result. Shockingly, bullying has resulted in several suicides, which the documentary addresses. The documentary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3453\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bully-2011<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,46,11823],"tags":[3327],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-films","category-documentaries","category-social-issues","tag-lee-hirsch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24259,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/24259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}