A Girl Like Her

I attended a Catholic school and was bullied by a gang of girls for 6 years in elementary school.. Punched, pushed, kicked in the school yard in an all nun school in the 1960's. How the nuns didn't know what was going on amazes me now at 60! I look back and call them monsters, they should be outed by everyone, end the snitch stigma related by gangsta's, and show this film in every middle and high school. No one should be tormented by these monsters daily, if you see something, say something should be the tag line in our schools! Apologies, sorry are all too late for many of us, and how we can tolerate this behavior ...just shocking!

It was an interesting take on the subject of Bullying.

After Jessica Burns' attempted suicide, A film crew doing a documentary on her school, begins to focus on what made her do it and the the fingers point to Avery Keller, a popular sophomore who for some reason made Jessica her victim, the documentary then takes a look at the life of Avery Keller to see what makes her tick.

The movie pushed all the right buttons for me, I felt it was evenly laid out as we got to see what Jessica is going through which is the more favorable issue, but we also got to see where Avery was coming from. The movie does not attempt to sugar coat her villainy, but we all needed to know what was fueling the fire in order to understand it.

Not bad

If you are a parent of a child in today's society over the age of 40 this segment is like a "today" version of the after school specials that we watched regarding subjects they were afraid to discuss when we were in school but better.

If you're a young parent you may feel relieved that "someone" is bold enough to tell the truth, and you already know how real this is and how it exists in school whether you were bullied or a bully. If you're a school administrator or teacher it may remind you that you are a part of the problem and/or solution. If you're presently being bullied; hopefully, this will give you the strength to talk to someone. If you're a bully cognizant of your actions hopefully this will show you the view of what your actions look like from the other side. In any event of what brings you to decide to watch this, I do believe this short film will inspire you to be active, aware, relative, honest, accountable, and supportive in whichever direction you walk. After you watch it, you'll see why I didn't give it a ten; but, I don't want this rating to be a spoiler so just watch for yourself and see how you relate to "THE" girl like her.

Really this is quite powerful and if it were compulsory viewing for school children I'm sure in those schools where it was shown bullying would reduce. Not sure at which age would be ideal for the viewing.

Perhaps experts in psychology could figure this out. Probably look at the stats on what particular age group experiences the increase in bullying and go from there.

Parents need to watch it as well, though it is more difficult to make it compulsory for parents.

Well made, strong message, solid acting and an ethically important work. Well done to all those involved and I hope those that are the victims in real life get some betterment out of this.

Thanks for the learning experience.

Writer-Director Amy S. Weber just got so much better with her massively insightful and deeply educational film about Bullying entitled "A Girl Like Her". It is one of the best movies about Bullying I have seen. The movie stars Lexi Ainsworth as Jessica Burns, a high school sophomore who has been a victim of bullying & cyberbullying by the mean spirited Avery Keller, played by Hunter King. Jessica's best friend is Brian Slater, played by Jimmy Bennett. Each attend South Brookdale High School, who has been named one of the top high schools in the country. A documentary team does a feature on the accolades of South Brookdale, but simultaneously as that is happening, Jessica tries to commit suicide due to Avery's rambunctious & endless bullying preyed on to Jessica. In finding out that Avery bullied Jessica, the film team decides to twist the feature and focus it on Avery and her dealings on being a popular student. Many lessons on Bullying are presented very effectively throughout the rest of the film. I believe that every high school should show "A Girl Like Her" to their students, it is that important of a subject matter and Weber does an admirable job in highlighting the effects of bullying, the importance of being a proactive bystander, and what makes a bully commit harassing acts. And the film's integration of surveillance makes it an even more deeper look into the Bullying subject matter. I liked the work of Ainsworth as Burns, but the showstopper performance here is from Hunter King as Keller. Hunter might have just hunted down some more motion picture roles in springboarding from her phenomenal work here. Hey, I'm not gonna bully you into watching "A Girl Like Her", but I do think it's an upstanding film! ***** Excellent