Bully: At a glance

Every row in full, one after another

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Facts

2011 · Documentary, Drama · English3.2× its budget

Critics vs audiences

Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)

Critics 80Audiences 73GoodWatch 76

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer85%

  • Metacritic

    Metascore74

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score78%

  • IMDb

    IMDb7.3

  • Metacritic

    User score7.3

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 7 K ratings3.4/5

Box office

3.2×its budget

Budget
$1 M
Worldwide
$3 M

Worldwide it earned $2 M more than it cost.

Running time

1 h 32 min

A typical length for documentaries

Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.

Reach

Streams in 14 countries, rent or buy in 31 more

+4

Released

2011

April 23, 2011

15 years ago

Genres

DocumentaryDrama

Language

English

Original language

Also spoken

Spanish

Made in

  • United States

Awards

PGA Award winnerWins and nominations by award

Producers Guild of America Awards2013

  • Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award2013Won

Content

PG-13 · Suicide themes, disturbing imagery +2Not for young kids

Rated

  • PG-13United States

Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for suicide themes, disturbing imagery, violence, and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.

What's in it

  • ViolenceModerate
  • Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
  • Frightening scenesModerate
  • Sex, nudityLittle or none
  • Dark themesStrong
  • Strong languageNamed in the advisories

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-Provoking

Not listed for kids or family movie night.

Made by

Directed by Lee Hirsch, written with Cynthia LowenJenny Golden (editing)·8 people in 5 departments

Directing · 1

Writing · 1

Production · 2

Editing · 2

Sound · 2