September 9, 2001

Bully (2001) ***

Directed by Larry Clark (who also made ''Kids'' and ''Another Day In Paradise''), ''Bully'' (2001) is a disturbing and powerful drama about sex, abuse and murder. The lead actresses are Rachel Miner and Bijou Phillips, while Nick Stahl plays the bully of the title. All his victims ultimately gang up on him and murder him in a very vicious way. This is how Roger Ebert describes the film in his review: ''Larry Clark's Bully calls the bluff of movies that pretend to be about murder but are really about entertainment. His film has all the sadness and shabbiness, all the mess and cruelty and thoughtless stupidity of the real thing''.