There were things I loved about this. I thought it was great that the filmmaker tried to show the perspective of the bully and how troubled she really was. I loved that the victim had a good friend who was looking out for her, although I doubt this is typical, I think a lot of bullied kids are totally, totally alone, and the ones who try to kill themselves are more likely to be those loners.
Some things didn't make sense. I didn't understand why it was so necessary for the victim and her friend to film her being bullied in person when the film clearly showed that she was being bullied on social media and via text messages. Unless the victim was deleting everything, the bully was leaving a paper trail for the victim to use as she saw fit. There was no need to prove anything with a hidden camera. The school had an anti-bullying policy and the bully could have been expelled for just the bullying that happened in writing. And frankly, I think she should have been.
I watched the "aftermath" footage on the site connected with the film and found out that the outcome (thankfully fictional, as the movie also, thankfully was) was anything but this. The bully got to go on with her life, aspire to attend a good college, continue attend her same school, wasn't socially ostracized AT ALL, and just added a therapist to her routine. She got off scot free, basically. The victim was left with permanent health problems and was being home schooled. Why was there no attempt to give her a safe space at school by expelling the bully? Was she not entitled to that, at least? Ugh. I'm so glad this is fictional. Kids who behave this way, troubled or not, are not entitled to go on with their lives without consequences, IMO.
Some things didn't make sense. I didn't understand why it was so necessary for the victim and her friend to film her being bullied in person when the film clearly showed that she was being bullied on social media and via text messages. Unless the victim was deleting everything, the bully was leaving a paper trail for the victim to use as she saw fit. There was no need to prove anything with a hidden camera. The school had an anti-bullying policy and the bully could have been expelled for just the bullying that happened in writing. And frankly, I think she should have been.
I watched the "aftermath" footage on the site connected with the film and found out that the outcome (thankfully fictional, as the movie also, thankfully was) was anything but this. The bully got to go on with her life, aspire to attend a good college, continue attend her same school, wasn't socially ostracized AT ALL, and just added a therapist to her routine. She got off scot free, basically. The victim was left with permanent health problems and was being home schooled. Why was there no attempt to give her a safe space at school by expelling the bully? Was she not entitled to that, at least? Ugh. I'm so glad this is fictional. Kids who behave this way, troubled or not, are not entitled to go on with their lives without consequences, IMO.