contactcharlee Why would parents be clueless? Really? This is why today it is even worse because the issue is not addressed. Everyone turns the other cheek. How horrible that your story line shows the victim as easy targets. I am appalled because my granddaughter, who is ten (yes in 2017), has experienced bullying and then new thing cyberbullying. It is a ripple effect where the bullies prevail, even the victim's friends are not around because of manipulation, and the victim does nothing. Seems since this movie has been made, it didn't help. It made you money. It also shows the ignorance we all are responsible for since it is a responsibility of all of u s. Not just the victims. The most realistic movie is "13 reasons"even though it could lead some question of suicide. But these shows are about children shutting down, not talking to their parents or someone!

Theo Robertson Teenage high school student Vanessa is friends with Stacey but when Vanessa asks out a boy Stacey has her eye on the friendship ends . Worse it leads to a bullying campaign where Stacey and her friends makes Vanessa's life an absolute living hell that drives Vanessa to the brink of suicide To a degree this is a fairly effective TVM centering around the misery that bullying brings and you really do feel sympathy for Vanessa's plight as she finds herself friendless as Stacey and her gang turn on her . There is a slight problem and that is director Tom Mcloughlin more interested in adopting an MTV directing style rather than developing the story more There's another slight fly in the ointment and that's the climax where Vanessa and Stacey make their peace only for Vanessa to realise Stacey is not to be trusted . Considering everything Vanessa has gone through is it likely that anyone would want to befriend Stacey again after all she's done . It's not helped by the cheesy scene Vanessa's mom mouthing " I'm so proud of you " Having said that it's a TVM made for a certain market and if the production team made it a bit more gritty then the audience might have found it too heavy to watch and the positive comments on this page indicates that ODD GIRL OUT has succeeded in showing what a terrible thing bullying is

max1128 This movie tells a true message of how high school life is. Straight and to the point, people who think things like "Oh, that could never happen to me" will think differently after they see how the movie conveys it's hard but important lesson. The brutality of girls in high school are finally shown to everyone, and their horrible bullying and harassing pushes one lone girl into a great spiral of depression and misery. When you see how ruthless the girls in the movie are, you'll wonder how things like this really happen in the real world. And you'll see, in the end, how the girl who has suffered so much learns one of the most important lessons of her life.And it also makes me grateful that stuff like this doesn't tend to happen to guys as much. Like one of my favorite quotes from the movies says: "Girls are brutal. They hurt each others' feelings and tear each other to bits over the smallest things. Guys smack each other, and then go get a beer."

schriftstellerin The only reason I am giving this film a 3 is because it is supposed to raise awareness of mobbing. I had several problems with this film. First, the acting is just bad. Several times I had to guess if Stacy was trying to act fake or not when I know she was supposed to be. Second, the mother of Alexa Vega was just too passive. She doesn't ask enough questions, she leaves her daughter alone when she is obviously distraught- and even though she was supposed to be asleep, I would have stayed with her until we could have talked things out. SPOILER: then the girl tries to kill herself? I mean what were all those medications doing in her bathroom- it wasn't one she shared with her mother! Additionally, if I, as a mother, had gone to school and the school couldn't stop this bullying, because that was what it was, then I would have gone to the school board and the superintendent to get some action. SPOILER: I would have also ripped that email out of my daughter's hand and said Stacy was a liar. Finally, I had such a problem with the fact that what they were doing online is considered a hate crime. As a mother, I know where my kids surf. I would have known all about the website and chats just from the protection I have on my computers for my teenagers. There would have been none of the "who is this?" that the mom typed in and SPOILER: I wouldn't have had any of the "if you don't own up to your screen names you'll be expelled" stuff. For corn's sake, the principal was a black woman- she knows hate and discrimination- you'd think she'd be more empathetic.IMHO, this was not a realistic portrayal of any kids I know. They should have given Shari Perry more screen time instead of the little "gems of wisdom" she spouted. SPOILER: At the end, when Emily says "Give it up for the girl.", Tony (the loser that they were fighting over) claps and he is part of her group now? Like any daughter of mine would allow that to happen. The ending was super weak with Nikki using the hearts and flowers chat as ammunition.My daughter is 12 years old and said that the movie was stupid because it was unrealistic- 'nuff said!