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A teenager is subjected to a campaign of bullying by classmates through a social networking site.A teenager is subjected to a campaign of bullying by classmates through a social networking site.A teenager is subjected to a campaign of bullying by classmates through a social networking site.
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I get it, people want to take on a popular topic so they can make tons of money. The problem is, this film is so poorly executed that I couldn't take this film seriously in the slightest.
So this film's about some teenager who has no problem mocking people, but if somebody mocks her, she starts crying. Get used to it, because you will be putting up with her for the duration of this abomination. There is even a scene where she talks to someone who has been mocked for being gay. She blows hims off, due to him actually being gay. Are we seriously supposed to have sympathy for this character?
I could mock this film for all of the laughably bad scenes, but I would be beating a dead horse by doing so. I'm certainly not the only one who sees how terrible this film is. The idea that anybody has taken this film seriously seems like a sick joke.
Cyberbully is not worth your time, unless you want a few cheap laughs.
So this film's about some teenager who has no problem mocking people, but if somebody mocks her, she starts crying. Get used to it, because you will be putting up with her for the duration of this abomination. There is even a scene where she talks to someone who has been mocked for being gay. She blows hims off, due to him actually being gay. Are we seriously supposed to have sympathy for this character?
I could mock this film for all of the laughably bad scenes, but I would be beating a dead horse by doing so. I'm certainly not the only one who sees how terrible this film is. The idea that anybody has taken this film seriously seems like a sick joke.
Cyberbully is not worth your time, unless you want a few cheap laughs.
CYBERBU//Y - CATCH IT ( B+ ) Cyberbu//y has to be the best and not stereotypical movie on ABC Family. Its an really honest effort towards the Cyber bullying, which has recently taken world by storm. The recent teen suicides has shocked USA and many campaigns and stars have spoken again it.
Emily Osment has come a long way from Hanna Montana's sidekick to this, she gave truly amazing Performance in the movie. She showed that if role is given she can give some really serious performance. Kay Panabaker delivers a honest performance as frenemy. Jon McLaren is really cute and smart doesn't look like 27years old at all. Good gene.
Overall, Cyberbu//y is a really good heart hitting movie, better than all over tween movies on ABC Family. Even though I feel the last 20mints and ending was little sugar coated!
Emily Osment has come a long way from Hanna Montana's sidekick to this, she gave truly amazing Performance in the movie. She showed that if role is given she can give some really serious performance. Kay Panabaker delivers a honest performance as frenemy. Jon McLaren is really cute and smart doesn't look like 27years old at all. Good gene.
Overall, Cyberbu//y is a really good heart hitting movie, better than all over tween movies on ABC Family. Even though I feel the last 20mints and ending was little sugar coated!
Honestly - I didn't go into this with very high expectations. I went into Cyberbully thinking to myself "Oh look - an ABC family movie about the internet. No doubt its going to be badly acted, badly written, hilariously misinformed with planned adverts every four or five minutes to hammer home the point of internet security and bullying, and, no doubt, it being an ABC family drama, after all, it will have no relevance to real life, it will shoehorn in seemingly random issues such as sexuality, and, perhaps most importantly for the demographic, it will, at no point, have any black people. At all. Ever." But what I saw truly changed me. I never realised how hard upper-middle-class white girls had it before this movie, and that plight, that emotional typhoon of internet-related insecurities just hit me where it hurts. It also reminded me of the importance of safety caps on pill bottles, because its not just children who are fooled by them - but adults and teenagers too. And it introduced me to what is, perhaps, the greatest televised event ever conceived, although conceived is perhaps the wrong word....realised. The greatest television event ever realised - the Gay Boy Show. Anyway - in conclusion, this movie has got to be one of the most incredibly watchable movies released this year, and it will warm you from your balls to your solar plexus with its message and its subtle delivery of said message. Watch this film.
Yes, cyberbullying is rampant, and yes its continuing to get worse. I don't think anyone disputes that. And yes, one way to draw attention to something like this is by making a movie about it.
Cyberbully plays like an After School Special from the early 90's. The characters are painfully flat and unconvincing, the plot is bland and predictable, and even the drama points made for more effective black comedy than actual drama.
Overall, Cyberbully has an over-dramatic, hysterical tone which almost seems like it could have been made by teenage girls. Maybe that was the intent?
While I appreciate the attempt at making a movie dealing with an increasingly hurtful phenomenon, this movie actually ends up trivializing the very issues it was trying to draw attention to.
A for effort, D- for execution.
Cyberbully plays like an After School Special from the early 90's. The characters are painfully flat and unconvincing, the plot is bland and predictable, and even the drama points made for more effective black comedy than actual drama.
Overall, Cyberbully has an over-dramatic, hysterical tone which almost seems like it could have been made by teenage girls. Maybe that was the intent?
While I appreciate the attempt at making a movie dealing with an increasingly hurtful phenomenon, this movie actually ends up trivializing the very issues it was trying to draw attention to.
A for effort, D- for execution.
Great Movie! I think that everyone in this movie had gone above and beyond and did their job. I think that Emily can work both roles in her career. The comic role and the serious role. It would say hats off to all actor's/actress's in this movie! Everyone was AWESOME! I stay home all week with 2 small children and I am 39 years old. I was so looking forward to this movie all week just to have 2 hours to myself. Thanks to all the cast for making it a good movie for me, as I don't get much time to myself. I think that is a huge issue in schools and everyone has done a outstanding job trying to get the message across. Hopefully, some of these teens will take all of this inn and try to do the right thing from now on. I was a kid once and did some mean things and to this day I am still not happy about it. It is like one of those things, If I could turn back time. I regret those days. I think that Kelly Rowan did a excellent job as Mom in the movie, I have alway's been a fan of her as well. I hope that all of the young one's will go far in their career, they deserve it.
Wendy Lee
Wendy Lee
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- TriviaThe movie's story is at least somewhat inspired by the suicide of Megan Meier, a teenager living in Missouri who committed suicide after a mother, Lori Drew, her daughter, and their then-employee Ashley Grills pretended to be a teenage boy named Josh Evans and bullied her online after pretending to be her friend.
- GoofsTaylor's phone changes throughout the movie. You can tell by the camera lens on the back.
- Quotes
Taylor Hillridge: I'm the real Taylor Hillridge. And I don't know why everybody hates me so much. But maybe I do. Because now I hate me too. And right now, I really don't see the reason for trying, or for talking, or for breathing. I'm just done. So that's it, I guess. Bye.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The New Adventures of Cinematic Venom: Cyberbully (2011) (2017)
- SoundtracksDrift
Written and performed by Emily Osment
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