Bullying (2009)

This is a surprisingly well directed movie about a teenager who is the new kid in a new school in a new city in a brand new hell. The physical bullying is very graphic and the psychological bullying is downright nasty. Like in many situations like these the parents and teachers are clueless about the violence and torture perpetrated against him. There is hope in the form of a neighbor who lives in the apartment above who initially seems to be an uncouth man but turns out to be a kind of savior of sorts.The movie was shot in 2009 when cyber-bullying was not quite as prolific as it is nowadays but the threat of cyber-bullying is certainly featured in this movie.The moral of this movie is perhaps that if you are getting bullied, flag it up early, make all those involved and in authority and the parents aware of it to fix it and if it doesn't get resolved move to a different school or ensure the ones doing the bullying are expelled. There were some disturbing statistics quoted at the end of the movie regarding numbers bullied in Spanish and UK schools. Food for thought.

I watched this movie because in general I do love European films, especially French, English, Spanish and Italian, I watched it thinking that I didn't know what bullying is all about.As soon as I began to watch the movie I started to realise that when I was an high school student I witnessed myself bullying many times but back then I didn't consider it something so serious. Of course, after finished watching the movie my idea has totally changed.The Movie traces the life of Jordi whose father has died few months earlier. Jordi is targeted by a group of peers of the new school where he has just moved with his mother and a small dog.The Movie is very educational and I reckon should be shown in schools to make children understand the scourge of bullying.Absolutely recommended

this is my first review hear,but I felt I had to do it.I start to watch to this title with few expectations,because mostly European cinema are slow and dull,despite the profoundness of the scripts,but this was in fact a really great surprise.this movie represents and show us the deep core of bullying problems almost in every country around the world. the acting is really great,without the theatrical and artificial concepts of euro cinema,the narrative is consistent during the entire film lenght and giving and causing to the viewers a strange affinity with the cast.this is a very good movie,and represents the good period of Spanish movie industry these days.I give to all parents a must see strong advice.a 9/10 to this piece of art.

I loved it!. I was expecting something else but I got surprised. I got bullied when I was in High school and watching the movie made me remember many personal experiences. It gets the sense o what bullying is very well, the director doesn't leave much to the imagination. If you are a sentimental this one is probably not your movie as it has hard core images and you will probably end up crying through out the film. I was totally surprise with the two main actors as they do it like if the were really a victim and a bully, I didn't like that much some other characters but as I said the two main ones save it very well. It has a surprising end and I loved the music as well. Recommended.