Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch, examines the situations of kids who are bullied in school. What's striking about the stories is not that the film's anecdotes say something new about bullying, but that they enlighten the audience about its poignancy.
The documentary features Alex Libby, a 12-year-old student of East Middle School in Sioux City, Iowa. He's been bullied since elementary school. His classmates constantly punch him, call him "fish face" and threaten him. His story is not necessarily the most significant, but it is the most representative of the message the film strives to put across: Seemingly harmless taunting isn't harmless at all.
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