Based on: Jim Shutze's Bully: A True Story Of High School Revenge (2002) Bully is a rare example of an American film where nobody comes out as a winner, there's no happy ending, and nothing is really resolved. Based directly on the 1993 murder of Bobby Kent, Bully tells the story of a murder plot conceived by a group of friends to kill Kent, the best friend of one of the killers and a serial abuser of several of the conspirators, and the subsequent admittance and sentencing of all those involved in the murder. While the film received mixed reviews from critics upon its release, it was praised for its uncompromising portrayal of those involved in the murder, it's sombre tone and refusal to sugar-coat any of the events. Above all else, Bully is both a tragic tale of a group of young adults who threw away their lives and a justice system that (rightly) had no choice but to prosecute young adults for taking the law into their own hands and taking the life of someone who committed terrible crimes against them.
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