It would have probably been pretty successful if they just added the Benny Hill sound track, maybe some fart noises and a ba-dum-tis here and there lol.
a movie about the gay character learning to cope with online bullying through finding his own found family at that group therapy thing would’ve been a much more interesting movie, imo.
Yeah, wtf? If she hasn't been a slut, why is it upsetting her so much? The gay guy is literally having his character destroyed and bullied for just being himself :'(
@@Attmay In primary school I literally had 3 guys named James IN MY CLASS, I don't even want to know how many were in the whole school. James is a really common name.
Is it just me or does the 'overbearing mother' seem like a normal mother who's concerned about her daughter's online safety, and doesn't really understand the internet so might be a bit overly cautious, but who is willing to respect her daughter's decisions when she sees how much it means to her?
Literally agreed- this is how my mom is and although she gets paranoid I’ve never seen it as unreasonable since it literally makes sense Same with Taylor’s mom
@@sodaboi2154 yeah it's poorly done in the movie. you're meant to see the mom as unreasonable but if your teenage kid immediately spiraled and became suicidal within like a week of getting social media, it'd be pretty damn reasonable to just take the fucking laptop away
me and my sibs weren't allowed to use our real names or ages/birthdays at all. i used to think our parents were being waay overly cautious ("the crazy guy figured out who i am cause i told him my bday is junember 32nd? really dad? you don't get it at all!" kinda thinking) but now i am appalled by how easily some people share somethings about themselves.
You are entitled to your own opinion, but for me she lost my sympathy when she said "Well. yeah but you really are gay. What they're saying about me isn't true."
It's honestly realistic though, being bullied Isolates you so much, once you get used to everyone hating you, it's really hard to accept it when someone is actually nice to you. It feels like everyone is out to get you, and everyone has other motives. It's not uncommon at all for bullies to use other kids as pons when they realize you won't give THEM a reaction anymore. So idk, this movie was shitty but realistic in other ways. Bullying fucks with your head.
"I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!" Her suicide attempt was thwarted by a safety mechanism designed to stop toddlers from accidentally eating the special candy inside. It does this by requiring the toddler to be able to read, and then push and twist at the same time. Taylor failed to clear this tall hurdle.
@@redcoatgaming4141 She's the type where if she tried to go out and couldn't open her locked front door instead of trying to find the key she'd scream about how she was trapped.
To be fair, some of those caps are badly designed/warped from age, and genuinely can actually be a bit tricky to get off - plus she's emotional and not thinking clearly. What's NOT excusable is that she SHOUTS "I can't get the cap off" loudly, to no one but the audience (I know someone's in the room, but she's clearly not saying it to that person, she's saying it to the audience to justify why she hasn't taken the pills).
she lost all of the sympathy i could've had for her when she told a gay guy that all the harassment he's getting is understandable because he's actually gay
Some gay kid: They trow eggs and condoms on me,call me a fag, and say I should kill my self... A Main prorotagonist: Oh Yeah? Well I only got 5 likes on my new insagram post, my boyfriend dosen't want me cuz I cheated, and I wear size 30 nikes.... MENS SIZE 30 NIKES! BEAT THAT! Alvso pros if you got some refrences
There's an even better scene later in the movie where the mom basically spells it out that taylor is responsible for causing most of the trouble with her catty bitchy drama queening behavior online and the response taylor gives is absolutely priceless. Especially the expression on her face because you see for a split second that it starts to sink in then she retorts with "how can you say that this is my fault?".
@@Hammerhead547 She uses that excuse for everything... She: Hits brad and brad dumps her "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT!?!" She: Kills some dude's cat "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT" She: Guilt for murdering a random woman "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT?!" Fucking hell, running away, without the benefit of getting good at it.
I saw a kid poop his pants in gym class. He didn't get picked on NEARLY this hard. This movie is a gross exaggeration. I wish they handled it better and made it more realistic.
And also, most of the time, even the person who gets joked about laughs too, or at least doesn't take everything that seriously. Its normal to get pissed off at first, but then after some time you brush it off by laughing about it
@@plague_doctor0237 Everyone jets joked about, not everyone gets bullied, there is a line between those too and bullying can go a little and a whole lot over said line.
@@plague_doctor0237 Hbomberguys newst video made the autism-communty proud; sadly, many have not 'noticed', as far as i can tell. I asked around and many dont even know Hbomberguy: Colour me shocked.
The Megan Meier case is insane, poor girl didn't get bullied by ("just") her peers, but a grown-ass woman who lived 4 doors away, pretending to be a 16-year-old boy.
@@micaelaproano6128 that's something that happens a LOT, this movie is so wrong with everything, there are adults that see people shitting on a teen and they'll join in. Shit this happens with teen celebrities too, ffs.
A lot of Americans seem to be like that. They think they can say whatever horrible shit they want then when they get called out they scream about the First Amendment and free speech.
@@Xehanort10 Very few people seem to actually understand what free speech is. I can say whatever the fuck I want, no matter what your opinion of it is, but you can also say whatever you want about whatever I said. So many people seem to think free speech is freedom from criticism when it's the exact opposite. Free speech is specifically for criticism. As the saying goes, if you're only for speech you like, you aren't for free speech. I'm sure I fucked the quote, but close enough
It shocking that most people don’t understand that there are limitations to freedom of speech in America. Call to actions (screaming bomb in an airport, telling someone “kill yourself) are banned, threats are illegal, slander can be prosecuted, etc. The 1st amendment doesn’t cover those and what they did/said could easily go to trial
My high school made my whole class watch this movie, and I will never forget the whole auditorium erupting in laughter when she couldn't open the pill bottle. The teachers got mad at us but like, this movie was so stupid how could a bunch of teens who have grown up with the internet NOT find this hilarious?
“The things they’re saying about you is true though, not me!” Wow so if he was black and they called him the “n word” it shouldn’t effect him because he’s black? What kind of logic does this character have??
@@terra_the_nightingale135 She seems to have a self pitying mindset where it's only bad because it's happening to her. If it was happening to anyone else she wouldn't care.
@@cristinadona9091 [Copy-pasted off Wikipedia] In the English language, the word nigger typically is an ethnic slur used against black people, especially African Americans. Because it is considered extremely offensive, even if only mentioned and not used as a slur, it is often referred to by the euphemism "the N-word". It is also in use with a more neutral meaning among African Americans, primarily as nigga. The word originated in the 18th century as an adaptation of the Spanish word negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger, which means "black".[1] Over time it took on a derogatory connotation[2] and became a racist insult by the 20th century. Accordingly, it began to disappear from general popular culture. Its inclusion in classic works of literature has sparked controversy and ongoing debate.
@@jasperjazzie That’s exactly what I was thinking lol. :/ I opened this comment section expecting people to say “that’s true though” or some shit like that
I still don't get why Taylor was so freaked out over the "naughty bad girl" message...most people would've just deleted it, posted something like "sry, not me, lil bro hacked my page" and moved on.
Ok, you might've been called homophobic slurs multiple times over multiple days, but has your brother ever hacked your account and said you're a naughty girl that was seen by 27 people? Yeah, thats what I thought.
It's so obvious that people that didn't grow up with the internet wrote this movie. Are you telling me a 17 year old doesn't know what block or delete comment is? And what was that mocking video? no teenager would take the time to do something like that, they would be the ones getting bullied for being so cringey.
Facts tho I’m 17 and I delete comments it’s not that hard to do can’t believe I found this movie as good and Taylor was so annoying and cared what others had to say about her
"I'm a naughty bad girl someone should spank me" Really? they bullyied her for that? It's not like many random people on the internet say that all the time...
I'll never understand these 'teen drama' movies that make their main characters the most brainless, over-privileged, selfish people on the planet. Am I *supposed* to root for/relate to them? Because I don't.
And they always live in houses that look like Better Homes and Gardens spreads, and they always have insipidly treacly acoustic guitar rock nobodies singing shitty boy-band reject "songs" over the soundtrack.
Leo Bakaitis RUclips deleted my comment listing off some of the potential insults(censoring one of them and trying to be tasteful in how I wrote them), but I just think it’s very selfish, apathetic, and a massive double standard that is being perpetrated here. This is a very muddy message when your main character who we’re supposed to sympathize with and feel sorry for cyber bullying is perpetuating cyber bullying by saying that certain forms of it are okay.
The "I can't get the cap off" scene makes me laugh everytime. It's perfectly ridiculous, yet believable that she'd struggle to open anything with a kid safety lock on it.
"I mean you are gay, what they are saying about you is true." I was somewhat curious on where this was going, but after hearing that line, that was it. That was _it._ They really expect us to like _this_ person??? And _root_ for her? To some extent I would say she was similar to the bullies. I don't even think she would be mad if that friend of her that she shames goes through this. She would probably say something like, "Maybe you should stop doing that, then they will stop."
“I told my doctor, ‘It hurts when I do this!’ and he said, ‘Don’t do that!’ Then he asked me if I ever had this before. I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘Well now you have it again!’”- Fozzie the bear on The Muppet Show
That part sucks a bit though because they could have had the mom take away device but the bullying online bleeds into school and it happens there Just to show we live in a day and age where you can’t get away from it at all
Trust me, you do not want to hear about "13 Reasons why" if you dislike the idea of disrespecting suicidal people. However I do invite you to look up "The view from halfway down scene."
This Movie: “why is nobody obeying rule 34: be polite!” People who actually use the internet: “that’s not rule 34.” This Movie: “is there a different rule 34?” Us: “a *very* different rule 34.”
@@insertreferencehere.8066 and fast like holly shit, they get high quality stuff out in less than 6 hours! SOME BODY NEEDS TO HIGHER THOSE ARTISTS TO ANIMATE SHOWS!
@@spin789xy2 animation is much more complicated than just drawing a picture, one thing is that for an animated show that's hand drawn it takes thousands of drawings, another thing is stuff like concept and key frames which can take up quite a lot of time not to mention any screw ups while drawing requiring a redo of it, not to mention color, lines and things being cohesive, color saturation and the other non drawn stuff like lighting, framing, camera etc. Simply theirs a lot more to an animated show than just drawing a handful of things
@@dragonmaster3030Um, most animations these days are done digitally, with frames drawn on a computer like any other digital art. And isn’t that the whole joke? The fact that they are so fast, they can animate at rates equivalent to like 5 average in-betweeners?
I know, she claimed that it was to "protect" Taylor from any boys, but why would she pretend to be one online? It just makes no sense whatsoever! 🤦🏻♀️
Never watched the movie, but going off of this video maybe the friend was pissed that she kinda slut shamed her for sleeping with a dude on the first date and wondering why he never called her back. Maybe she wanted to get revenge on her for that. It's a weak motivation, but plausible maybe.
If someone tried to tell a rumour or me having an std I’d laugh and say, “I couldn’t sleep with a guy even if I wanted to” Self deprecating humour always wins
Yeah if somebody were to spread rumors of me sleeping with x, y, and z, I would just make up lies about those people like "Yeah X can only get hard if I pretend to be the dragon from Shrek"
Its more the fact the bullying continues in real life.. She goes to school everyday and sees all those same people so just not being on social media doesnt actually stop the bullying and the social isolation.. This movie tried to make that point with the friends leaving her and the guy not going to the dance with her anymore but its a terrible movie so its done terribly
That's because if they did, they couldn't take cyberbully seriously. A lot of this is absurdly contrived because they want to push a novel idea. If this movie were to be actually useful, it'd be 10 minutes long. As soon as the bullying started, she'd be like "OK, this is stupid, I'mma go do something else". So, they have to take it out of the cyberspace and come up with some reason why she has to keep reading those comments. She doesn't really learn a lesson about privacy, taking control of her life or anything that could be remotely useful. teach burglars not to steal. Brilliant.
I guess ww2 could have been prevented if someone was like. ”You know hitler, you’re making people really sad. And it would be a real swell move if you would just not try to conquer the world.”
I love how these movies try so hard to make the bullying seem legit, but because they can't risk have too restrictive of a rating, all the bullying is extremely milquetoast and restrained, unable to say or do anything that would really hurt someone. Hell, the kind of shit-talking I received from classmates in grade school was more devastating than most of the bullying shown here.
Milquetoast: somewhat archaic word, off the top of my head, it means bland or weaksauce. And now I just had to look up the etymology and it comes from almost exactly where I was expecting, but through an intermediary step I didn't see coming. Coined in 1924 to be the name of a comic strip character Caspar Milquetoast for the comic The Timid Soul, a meaningful name alluding to the food: milk-toast (literally toast in milk), i.e. kind of bland and insubstantial. Has more presence than an actual non-entity, but not by much.
To the stupid argument by the Father of Lindsey "Well my daughter is practicing her right of free speech it's nothing illegal". Had he never heard of this magical word called "Defamation"? I mean he is a Lawyer he must know this
The woman writing it doesn't. Nor has she heard of slander or libel... just "cyber-bullying" that amounts to kids spamming "gkys" and thinking they're all clever
What no one seems to understand about bullying is that the words that are said aren’t usually the part that hurts. It’s the feeling of being alone cuz the bullies manipulate everyone around you into ostracizing you.
Specifically with cyberbullying, it's the not being able to escape bit that makes it dangerous too. Whenever they look at their phone, it's there, berating them.
Which means he can be taken to court for going against this crime, being an unknowing assistant to his daughter's bullying, and might lose his license.
@@theshipper5797 this is the corrupted universe If you are white and rich you are untouchable Also the main instigators are white and dark haired Is this a sign 🤔
@@ecru_5819 Oh give me a break, it has nothing to do with being white and only rich. You think greedy people care the color of the person they're getting their money from? OJ anyone? Plenty of rich celebrities get out of trouble no matter their color. Not every time, but certainly more than the rest of us average folk.
this “movie” came out when I was 15, at the height of my self harm, and I distinctly remember watching this with my mother. she had recently found out about sh and things were super awkward, so during the “attempt” scene, we were so uncomfortable that we couldn’t look at each other lmao “I can’t get the cap off!” is the funniest shit.
@@chayden153 He was the only one who WANTED to understand her, and who could UNDERSTAND her If she listen to him maybe she would have gotten through it better
@@chayden153 imagine trying to comfort a girl you see getting cyberbullied but she tells you that you can't sympathize with her because what you're being harassed for is actually true 😐
They literally had a perfect protagonist right there in front of them. The gay guy. These movies about cyber bullying always make it seem like the protagonist is just being bullied for no reason except the Mean People are just Mean. But in actuality, people who get bullied aren’t always thin blonde White girls, they’re usually minorities or not neurotypical. The gay guy would’ve been much better and didn’t deserve the MC belittling his struggles, because thats exactly what his bullies do to him and it makes her SO unlikable
I get what you're saying, but being bullied isn't restricted to your skin colour. Even a skinny blonde white girl can be bullied if a bully can find something to hurt her with.
Brithwyr This whole movie would’ve been better if there was an actual reason she was getting bullied. If someone posted that on their account (meaning the “I liked to get spanked” stuff) they might get some light teasing, but most people would brush it off as sarcasm. Calling someone a bitch would probably get you praised by everyone who wasn’t close with that person tbh. The movie still wouldn’t have been good but it would at least make sense. Like maybe people thought she was promiscuous, maybe she was aggressive and a loner, maybe there were rumors about something.
Yeah, it's weird how the whole movie brushes off the issue when people have a reason to bully you, whether it's a "legitimate" one (like you did something stupid but essentially harmless) or just the hatecrime-y type. Well, I guess it's okay to bully then!
Probably because they think no one in the audience will care unless she's a skinny white girl. Otherwise they would have to... create a sympathetic character with depth and an actual personality! It could have easily made sense if this was a fight about a boy, that is a pretty typical reason why one girl would start spreading rumors about another.
The botched suicide scene, where she couldn't get the cap off? IT"S BEEN DONE BEFORE. in heathers(1989), a *dark* comedy about murder and the frivolousness of high school. a much better movie too.
If they were gonna parody Heathers like that, they could've at least done it well. Btw, in the movie, even though she struggled at first she actually did get the cap off. Veronica come in to save her and force the pills out of her mouth. Pretty sure it's only in the musical that she couldn't get the cap off.
@@alexandergreene461 I would image soldiers today are more hardcore, there is an actual war going on. Usually it is during peace time where the military go soft, because most people that sign up during peace time, are looser that can't make it in the real world, but once a war took place, those people try to get out of the army as soon as possible and then you get a lot of patriots signing up
@@peteryang8991 i mean, people with mental illnesses can be more vulnerable to emotional attacks by others, and cannot be "sent off to boot camp" since the military wouldn't allow them for their mental illness.
@@peteryang8991 I agree that cyberbu//y is a terrible movie, but you are completely wrong. It's extremely invalidating to kids who suffer from depression and say that they are "too soft". It's a mental illness. Would you say the same thing if it were physical? Nobody wants to get depression. But bullying can actually warp your mind into doing things that you otherwise wouldn't have done. You obviously don't know how the brain works. 🙄
@@genevievehunt439 Give me a break, we all dealt with bullying as kids, let me tell you about something, my mum been calling me a "worthless piece of trash", since I was eight years old, pretty much on a daily bases. When I was first grade everyday the first thing I have to do when I am get home before I walk into the house I have to say ten times "I am a piece of crap that doesn't deserve to live" if I am like kids today, how many times would I have committed suicide already? Just a reminder, I was 7 years old. people born in the 50s and 60s are the worse parents ever and they are the least competent people that should be in charge, I mean just look at how the whole world gone to the crapper the last 20 years since this generation been in charge, it is chaos. If by your theory, half of us kids born in the 80s and 90s should have suffer depression and commit suicide. But that is not happening, we come out of it stronger and wiser, in some countries the baby boomer are doing such a horrible job, kids born in the 80s and 90s are even taking over in leadership role, before their age, whether it is big corporation or even government and is doing a better job, New Zealand Prime Minister is only 36 when she was first elected now 40. Fineland Prime Minister is only 34, (she look more like a pretty girl on a soap opera, then a national leader) In Taiwan the sixth largest city Mayor, he is only 25 and is clean up the train wreck of debt and mess created by the baby boomer, after only been in office for 2 years. Current Taiwan, President, despite been a baby boomer is amount the smaller majority that are competent, but guess what, all of her advisors are currently under 40. Stop making excuse for kids these days, you are not helping them by doing so, toughen them up, a year in military school would do them some good.
Me and the guys I sat with completely lost it at the "I can't get the cap off!" scene and ruthlessly mocked it for pretty much the rest of the run time. The counselor wasn't a fan of that.
@@Xehanort10 exactly. The bully's parent has to be lawyer enough that can threaten the victim's parent with legal ramifications, but incompetent enough to not understand how the law really works.
I remember seeing this when it came out. The pill scene was glorious. When the others were wrestling with her to calm her down, the movie faded to a commercial break and the very first advertisement was for Advil or Aspirin or something like that. My raucous laughter that followed had to he explained to everyone in the house and some of them even sat and watched it with me to mock the shitshow. 10/10 movie, really brought my family closer together.
Ironically I can kind of see someone being bullied for saying “I’m a naughty girl who needs someone to spank me” because that is just so tame and unimaginative.
She probably wouldn't be bullied like this though. She'd probably be bullied for the fact that it is so tame and unimaginative. She probably get the 'nobody cares' or 'attention seeker' line of bullying, and that would just die down after a while because everyone would just get bored. This movie grossly exaggerated what people on the internet, or in general, will seriously bully someone for.
"God, if you're this desperate for attention, at least be more creative." "Uh, attention whore, much?" "Y'all need Jesus!" "Seriously? This is what we've resorted to for clicks?" "Y'all need Jesus!" "Honestly, kind of derogatory to people who are sexually adventurous." "Cool. You do you." "Y'all need Jesus!" "SOMEBODY GET THAT GUY OUT OF HERE!"
Back in 2012, a friend of mine started playing this movie. When it came to the pill bottle scene, I burst out laughing so hard that his wife asked what was wrong with me. I'm so glad I'm not alone, how ANYONE could take that sequence seriously is beyond me.
"You're speaking with an attorney, before you slander my daughter." In order to prove slander, you need three things. 1. The person said harmful things about the victim (which is true, the mom is very clearly talking bad about the daughter) 2. That the things the offender has said is not true 3. The offender knew that they were not true, but said them anyway. Of those, only one criteria is met. The bullying that the attorney's daughter participated in has been very well documented. I dont think this guys is that good of a lawyer.
The funniest part about this is that the first amendment doesn’t cover libel or slander. The school should’ve set up regulations and guidelines on their social media website.
Considering he pulled the "freedom of speech" card, the fact that he's a lawyer is bizarre. The 1st amendment protects what you say, true, but it DOESN'T protect you from the consequences like the dad seems to think.
My health teacher showed this to our class this year and I have no clue how the hell he kept a straight face while telling us "This movie is very accurate"
Our health teacher also showed it on high school and said it was a very emotional and sad movie. Some of the other students in the class also said some of the same things. Me and some friendd were just sitting back and dying from the hilarity.
They actually played this movie on my school. It had an unintended sideffect. During the "*I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF*" scene, the entire classroom fucking EXPLODED with laughter. We laughed so hard, and so long the teacher had to pause the movie (partly so she could stop laughing herself)
I dont think it was anything to do with RUclips finding it inappropriate or anything. I think it was a genuine glitch on the site. He said it happened to a lot of creators over the weekend.
I looked it up and the story that the movie is loosely based on is... horrifying The girl got catfished just like here but instead of her friend pretending to be a guy, IT WAS THE MOTHER OF SOMEONE WHO WAS ALREADY BULLYING THE GIRL. The mother first became online friends with her and gradually starts to cyber bully
That's seriously messed up... it should have been included into the main plot instead of this typical lifetime crap. It would also show that not only teens/pre-teens are bullies. But God forbid something is actually accurate in these movies.
17:42 - obligatory FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT EQUAL FREEDOM OF CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY IF IT COULD BE CONSIDERED SUICIDE BAITING OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO A SUICIDE OF A PERSON. he's a lawyer, he should know that
It also only protects you from the GOVERNMENT censoring you. Hence why RUclips Tik Tok Twitter etc can tell you what you can and cant put their websites.
To be fair, spreading rumors like "I'll bet she slept with 20 guys and is pregnant" wouldn't ever hold up. Slander is actually quite difficult to prove (rightfully so), at least in the US.
I can't get the cap of is a inside joke in my friend group when someone utterly fails in a simple task. Yes, we scream it at the person that's failing. Thanks cyberbully
16:06 If someone tried to hurt me with a video like that, it would have the opposite effect of what was intended. All that video would tell me was that someone was obsessed enough with me to spend hours making a giant cardboard cutout of my face - which is both creepy and pathetic.
@@recoverymza just typing it out like done above should work So 00:01 for the first second of the video, 10:00 for 10 minutes in, etc.. If the video is longer than an hour, I believe you add another colon? So 1:00:00
honestly, i think i'd just find it funny as fuck lol. pretty sure if that happened the person posting that video would get bullied to hell bc why would you do something so stupid?
"The movie's depictions of cyberbullying are milquetoast and incredibly inaccurate, especially considering that the main character said some of the most hurtful things in the movie. The writing is poorly executed and was clearly done by people who have never opened a web browser in their lifetime. I've never seen a movie fail so spectacularly in its messaging, and watching it made me with that I could get the cap off, and shuffle off this mortal coil."
Did you write about how it was insightful into the mind of a self pitying unlikable person, or how it shows exactly what not to do when making a movie tackling tough issues. Or was you young at the time and didn't know better?
I cried when that "can't get the cap off" scene came up. Trouble is, I did it while sounding like a hyena on laughing gas, so I got sent out to sit in the hall 😂
Frankly I have no sympathy for Taylor because I get the feeling she's wangsting over nothing since all the bullying towards her aren't bad compared to Caleb.
oh my God I remember watching this in a middle school class. then when the girl is all "I have something to tell you" this guy in class just shouted out "I'm a lesbian"
I had to watch this in class too!Nobody gave a shit and all i could think of is how bad this movie was and how it was unrealistic and clearly just a poor attempt at a message.
i was going to jokingly say "And 30 messages!" But then i decided to rewatch the clip, to make sure the joke was right, and then i realized that it was 13 instead of 30. I think my brain just assumed it was 30 because that seemed actually reasonable instead of a measly 13 messages in half an hour
I was bullied quite badly and the bullies would tell me to go and kill myself, often. One day, a teacher said; 'Stop that, she might actually do it one day!' The bullies grinned and I said; 'Eh..no. I won't. I'm not letting their pathethic behaviour influence me." And she said; 'No, no, but..everyone has their breakingpoint. You might think you can handle it now, but what if you throw yourself in front of a train one day? That can happen! You might not be able to controll yourself anymore, from all the sadness!" And while the bullies gleefully laughed, I was worrying about that part of 'not being able to controll yourself anymore.' I now know that she means severe depression or youknow, severe anxiety, that might cut down and eat away at you for years and years and years. But at the time (being about 13) I was convinced she meant that my brain would just shut down completely and I'd find myself at the edge of a bridge, half-half realizing that I was about to jump, not having any power to warn anyone about it or stop myself whatsoever. This feeling was sortof emphasized by *all* the bullying-video's you see, in which the victim inevitably kills herself, and then only sometimes gets saved. It nearly feels as if that's the solution being given; 'Kill yourself and then we'll know you are seriously not enjoying the bullying anymore."
Oh god I remember when they showed this to us in 7th grade in an attempt to “Stop Cyberbulling around school”. All it really stopped was a bunch of us watching ABC shows.
I loved how everyone was friends in the end. Taylor's own best friend is the reason for her attempted suicide (but couldn't get the cap off), but they all became friends again.
@@holben27 it’s freedom from legal consequences, as that would be suppression of speech, but not freedom from social consequences where people hold a person accountable for their actions and express a dislike for those comments
If someone hacks your profile and posts stupid stuff and you get you profile back... just delete the stuff and post something like „I was hacked lol“ and it’s all good. But I guess that would make for a „good“ movie 🤷🏻♂️
Because not enough people have seen this movie. Ask a random person and I bet the only thing they know about ABC is 25 days of Christmas or Harry Potter marathons. I doubt theyd know The Fosters or this movie. And honestly i couldnt even tell you one character or even the premise of The Fosters i didnt watch that channel. Only watched this movie because of Emily.
depressed 13 y.o. me used to eat that shit up lmfao. there were so many edits where that scene would be put over sad music, black and white filter for good measure, and i just sat there like 'damn that's exactly how i'm feeling :'( '
Why did they have an utterly self-centered protagonist?! I admit Emily's performance is good but it's utterly wasted on a severely selfish protagonist!selfish character! Caleb was trying to reach out to her, and she responds with "Yeah, you're gay, so what they've been saying about you is true, But what about MEEEEE!". This lends credence to the fact that she is an obnoxious teenage girl! But the movie turns into All About Poor Taylor and Her Issues! So it justifies Taylor's Self-centered attitude! If you're going to have a movie or novel with a self-centered protagonist, Don't justify it!
The worst thing about this movie is that it's all schools will show. Good movies about bullying? Nah, we should show terrible movies that get the barely get the message across.
Honestly if every school had their students watch the music video for Falling Down by Five Finger Death Punch people would take bullying way more seriously.
The cap scene is cinematic art. Not only is the brother completely apathetic, not only is Taylor only found because she audibly grunts loud enough from behind a bathroom door, not only does Taylor not understand how childproof locks work, not only does her mom put her in a headlock, but we also get the absolute bar, “I can’t get the cap off”
I feel like the "I can't get the cap off!" Was them trying to pull the scene "Stupid child proof caps!" from The Heathers but just not nearly done with as much tact.
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If someone wrote somewhere "i'm a naughty bad girl someone should spank me" i would be like "lmao" and ignore it
Imagine seeing that on the wall of a men’s room stall
Hit me baby one more time
That's how most people would react
I would be like "girl same"
id just be like “okay queen live your best life” and move along
The most realistic part is the school doing nothing about bullying.
Yeah.
Yup
Well to be fair they do do something.....
After bodies start dropping 🤔🤔
@@IchigoKurosaki_ only if it's at the school
@@scoutdy6547 *only if it gets public
This movie genuinely looks like an adult swim parody of these types of films
It would have probably been pretty successful if they just added the Benny Hill sound track, maybe some fart noises and a ba-dum-tis here and there lol.
I remember back in high school me and some friends watched it for our bad movie night and it was so unintentionally hilarious it was great.
L H lol
This film could so easily be one of the greatest satires ever written, if they somehow acted less seriously.
The Room:Cyber bullying
a movie about the gay character learning to cope with online bullying through finding his own found family at that group therapy thing would’ve been a much more interesting movie, imo.
You're absolutely right tbh
That would have been so much better.
I’d watch that movie.
Kinda reminds me of the prom to be honest.
Unfortunately, the target demographic of this movie don’t support the LGBTQ+ community...
"The most sympathetic character is the overbearing mother."
Well, at least they know their audience.
only soccer mom could like this, but normal sane adult will say this movie is garbage
Read this while he said that and his whoaaaa fit perfectly
Ba da boom 🙂
AHAHAHAHHHAHAH
@@punkybrewstar83 tssss
The gay guy is literally saying that he has gone through what she's is and he's trying to sympathize with her and she just doesn't care
She basically said "WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING BULLIED, YOU HOMO!?"
R Nickerson so...the stench of ignorance and ignoring a classmate
Yeah, wtf? If she hasn't been a slut, why is it upsetting her so much? The gay guy is literally having his character destroyed and bullied for just being himself :'(
Everybody who’s gay listening to what she said like 👁👄👁
@@Richard_Nickerson That was really narcissistic of her. Acting like no one had ever been bullied before her.
how is there not a single kid named james in an entire high school
None of them are named Larry either because it's not 1955.
Attmay james is a common name unlike larry.
You’d be surprised
@@Attmay In primary school I literally had 3 guys named James IN MY CLASS, I don't even want to know how many were in the whole school. James is a really common name.
My name is James and I have three or four close personal friends named James from high school.
Is it just me or does the 'overbearing mother' seem like a normal mother who's concerned about her daughter's online safety, and doesn't really understand the internet so might be a bit overly cautious, but who is willing to respect her daughter's decisions when she sees how much it means to her?
It is even more funny because the mom was right that she shouldn't go on the website.
Literally agreed- this is how my mom is and although she gets paranoid I’ve never seen it as unreasonable since it literally makes sense
Same with Taylor’s mom
@@sodaboi2154 yeah it's poorly done in the movie. you're meant to see the mom as unreasonable but if your teenage kid immediately spiraled and became suicidal within like a week of getting social media, it'd be pretty damn reasonable to just take the fucking laptop away
me and my sibs weren't allowed to use our real names or ages/birthdays at all. i used to think our parents were being waay overly cautious ("the crazy guy figured out who i am cause i told him my bday is junember 32nd? really dad? you don't get it at all!" kinda thinking) but now i am appalled by how easily some people share somethings about themselves.
I'm still kind of concerned about how she raised her daughter to have the emotional capacity of an 8 year old at 17 years old though
She lost my sympathy the moment she said "how would you know" to the one dude being supportive
You are entitled to your own opinion, but for me she lost my sympathy when she said "Well. yeah but you really are gay. What they're saying about me isn't true."
@@rogue7723 Which she said after saying "how would you know". That sentence didn't lose her my sympathy, it earned her my animosity.
I pretty much lost it right there though I never cared for her anyway
It's honestly realistic though, being bullied Isolates you so much, once you get used to everyone hating you, it's really hard to accept it when someone is actually nice to you. It feels like everyone is out to get you, and everyone has other motives. It's not uncommon at all for bullies to use other kids as pons when they realize you won't give THEM a reaction anymore. So idk, this movie was shitty but realistic in other ways. Bullying fucks with your head.
you lost my sympathy when you tried to associate emotion or empathy to this hot pile of garbage instead of a movie that's at least somewhat decent.
So their plan was to have a suicide attempt... on Disney channel?!?!
a.b.c.
But they didn't :)
@@razkable it was originally supposed to be on Disney channel
No, I remember that it aired on abc family (freeform)
@@KHOiloveromeo in the beginning he said it was going to be on Disney Channel
"I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!"
Her suicide attempt was thwarted by a safety mechanism designed to stop toddlers from accidentally eating the special candy inside. It does this by requiring the toddler to be able to read, and then push and twist at the same time. Taylor failed to clear this tall hurdle.
I be surprised if she could unlock the door to her house
@@redcoatgaming4141 She's the type where if she tried to go out and couldn't open her locked front door instead of trying to find the key she'd scream about how she was trapped.
I guess she's too stupid for both worlds
To be fair, some of those caps are badly designed/warped from age, and genuinely can actually be a bit tricky to get off - plus she's emotional and not thinking clearly.
What's NOT excusable is that she SHOUTS "I can't get the cap off" loudly, to no one but the audience (I know someone's in the room, but she's clearly not saying it to that person, she's saying it to the audience to justify why she hasn't taken the pills).
@@LordofFullmetal she was breaking the fourth wall. Plus everything after that scene was not scripted
she lost all of the sympathy i could've had for her when she told a gay guy that all the harassment he's getting is understandable because he's actually gay
He should of been the protag, surely we’d have a better movie
Also I like your Nagito pfp
Call me a bully but I would've kicked her ass on the spot if she said all that to me 💀
That made me like her character a little more than I had, (which wasn't much)
@@jebtickle4065 how though?
@@captainshadowfox Cus' it was funny.
Gay man: *tries to sympathize with bullied girl*
Bullied girl: Nah! It's ok for them to call you the F-word, lol!
I bet if it was a black kid she would've said it was ok that they were called the n word because it's true
they called him fuck?
@@swain-Ix1tv they called him the f-slur
@@ihe9645 oh yeah my bad i was very dumb yesterday
@@swain-Ix1tv LMAOO omg..
10:55
"People on the internet call me things too"
"Yeah but it's true about you"
Ladies and gentleman, our main protagonist.
She's got "Tall Girl" levels of self importance
Some gay kid: They trow eggs and condoms on me,call me a fag, and say I should kill my self...
A Main prorotagonist: Oh Yeah? Well I only got 5 likes on my new insagram post, my boyfriend dosen't want me cuz I cheated, and I wear size 30 nikes.... MENS SIZE 30 NIKES! BEAT THAT!
Alvso pros if you got some refrences
@@AFarmerCalledChicken that's a low blow for such a tall girl.
Hannah Baker.
He should of been the main character in this movie. He's more sympathetic and deserves all the love from everyone
Holy crap, the mom offers real advice and a reasonable solution. Deleting social media if it negatively affects you is good advice for any age.
Damn skippy
There's an even better scene later in the movie where the mom basically spells it out that taylor is responsible for causing most of the trouble with her catty bitchy drama queening behavior online and the response taylor gives is absolutely priceless.
Especially the expression on her face because you see for a split second that it starts to sink in then she retorts with "how can you say that this is my fault?".
@@Hammerhead547
She uses that excuse for everything...
She: Hits brad and brad dumps her "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT!?!"
She: Kills some dude's cat "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT"
She: Guilt for murdering a random woman "HOW IS THIS MY FAULT?!"
Fucking hell, running away, without the benefit of getting good at it.
Deleting social media is good advice. Belive me it has help me a lot
David Anthony Berrueco yeah I deleted half my social media and now I don’t get irritated by seeing really horribly disguised ads
I saw a kid poop his pants in gym class. He didn't get picked on NEARLY this hard. This movie is a gross exaggeration. I wish they handled it better and made it more realistic.
And also, most of the time, even the person who gets joked about laughs too, or at least doesn't take everything that seriously. Its normal to get pissed off at first, but then after some time you brush it off by laughing about it
@@plague_doctor0237 Everyone jets joked about, not everyone gets bullied, there is a line between those too and bullying can go a little and a whole lot over said line.
@@plague_doctor0237 Hbomberguys newst video made the autism-communty proud;
sadly, many have not 'noticed', as far as i can tell.
I asked around and many dont even know Hbomberguy: Colour me shocked.
@@paranoidpiigs
You started strong, Jesus
Always do lol no point of dancing around my point lol 😅
We did it boys. Bullying is no more.
Delete Digital DramaTM
Drama has become its own industry lmao
RandomCrack! Reality tv be like
*claps*
Cool Cat will be proud!
The Megan Meier case is insane, poor girl didn't get bullied by ("just") her peers, but a grown-ass woman who lived 4 doors away, pretending to be a 16-year-old boy.
Omfg so they took this serious case and made _this?_
@@r.j.penfold i know its so sad, Megan Meir died at 13 years old and was being harrassed by ADULTS and they took her story and made this
@@micaelaproano6128 That's almost as insulting to a real life event since the Michael Bay _Pearl Harbor_ movie.
An ID show called "Web of Lies" did an episode about it.
@@micaelaproano6128 that's something that happens a LOT, this movie is so wrong with everything, there are adults that see people shitting on a teen and they'll join in. Shit this happens with teen celebrities too, ffs.
*Lawyer:* Don’t make legally defamatory statements about my daughter.
*Also Lawyer:* My Daughter can make defamatory statements bc Free Speech.
He would obviously defend his daughter
A lot of Americans seem to be like that. They think they can say whatever horrible shit they want then when they get called out they scream about the First Amendment and free speech.
@@Xehanort10 It's funny when those people talk about free speech then cancel someone for being mean to someone like pokimane
@@Xehanort10 Very few people seem to actually understand what free speech is. I can say whatever the fuck I want, no matter what your opinion of it is, but you can also say whatever you want about whatever I said. So many people seem to think free speech is freedom from criticism when it's the exact opposite. Free speech is specifically for criticism. As the saying goes, if you're only for speech you like, you aren't for free speech. I'm sure I fucked the quote, but close enough
It shocking that most people don’t understand that there are limitations to freedom of speech in America. Call to actions (screaming bomb in an airport, telling someone “kill yourself) are banned, threats are illegal, slander can be prosecuted, etc. The 1st amendment doesn’t cover those and what they did/said could easily go to trial
My high school made my whole class watch this movie, and I will never forget the whole auditorium erupting in laughter when she couldn't open the pill bottle. The teachers got mad at us but like, this movie was so stupid how could a bunch of teens who have grown up with the internet NOT find this hilarious?
That is brutal and so perfectly teenager. Also like who can open up those fucking things.
Same! Became an inside joke for a couple months
Hey teachers! Watch the movie first before sharing it with the students.
Lol we waschen it too in English class
This is more like a preview for watching *any* action by Zillenials 🤣
The teenagers in this movie have the emotional maturity of 10 years olds.
True, but they mostly look like 30 year olds, so perhaps that evens out the odds, somewhat?! 😁
hello
@Ray Riley if the teenagers you live around act like this I genuinely feel sorry for you💀
Ah yes, just like actual real life teenagers.
And everyone clapped
I was so angry when Taylor downplayed the gay guy's pain and bullying situation. 😔
tbh the movie should have been about him
macs archer for real
And we’re supposed to feel bad for her? >.> Nope!
“The things they’re saying about you is true though, not me!”
Wow so if he was black and they called him the “n word” it shouldn’t effect him because he’s black? What kind of logic does this character have??
@@terra_the_nightingale135 She seems to have a self pitying mindset where it's only bad because it's happening to her. If it was happening to anyone else she wouldn't care.
Girl: They bully me because I'm plus-sized. Taylor: But you are fat, so that's okay then!
@@cristinadona9091 [Copy-pasted off Wikipedia]
In the English language, the word nigger typically is an ethnic slur used against black people, especially African Americans. Because it is considered extremely offensive, even if only mentioned and not used as a slur, it is often referred to by the euphemism "the N-word". It is also in use with a more neutral meaning among African Americans, primarily as nigga.
The word originated in the 18th century as an adaptation of the Spanish word negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger, which means "black".[1] Over time it took on a derogatory connotation[2] and became a racist insult by the 20th century. Accordingly, it began to disappear from general popular culture. Its inclusion in classic works of literature has sparked controversy and ongoing debate.
ppl legit say that so i wouldn't even be surprised
@@eveleen. I am so surprised that this hasn't been banished and now hope it never is lol
Damn, she’s so rude and we’re supposed to sympathise with her?
@@jasperjazzie That’s exactly what I was thinking lol. :/ I opened this comment section expecting people to say “that’s true though” or some shit like that
I still don't get why Taylor was so freaked out over the "naughty bad girl" message...most people would've just deleted it, posted something like "sry, not me, lil bro hacked my page" and moved on.
Ok, you might've been called homophobic slurs multiple times over multiple days, but has your brother ever hacked your account and said you're a naughty girl that was seen by 27 people? Yeah, thats what I thought.
O my lord. Y did the brother even do that?? Is 1 of the questions I wanna know about.😑💧
*hacked*
I love this movie
“hacked”
She prob had autologin on her Laptop with no password lol.
@Squidward I was just about to comment this hahahahahaha
@Squidward Tall Girl?
I feel like this is a movie is more for Karen's who don't really know how the internet works rather than actual teenagers.
Considering blocking and deleting never occurred to her I'd agree
Of course it is. It's a shit flick for dumb mothers to see and then force their kids to watch.
A film about cyberbullying made by people who've probably never been bullied was doomed to fail.
This movie would have ended so fast if she blocked the person. Or just didn’t let the things the people said get to her head.
Even if I didn't know what a Karen was, I'd still agree with you.
This guy needs to work on his censoring.
When she said "It's different, you really are gay. The things they say about me aren't true".
*y i k e s*
Aw gawd... if I didn't hate the protagonist of this movie even more. She's a complete narrcisit
Bullying is bullying whether if the things said about you is true or not.
GIRLIE REALLY SAID “Oh theyre calling you slurs?
✨A S T H E Y S H O U L D 😌💅✨”
I honestly wonder if the movie was trying to make the point that gay people deserve to get bullied
@@applepieexplosion4030 given the attitudes of the time and the people behind the movie, i honestly wouldn’t be surprised for such callousness.
"PPPPFFFT what ever f- *GETS DISINTEGRATED*
I thought it was titled "CYBERBU//Y" to avoid RUclips's algorithm. But nope, that's the name of the movie.
/#/relatable/#/hellofellowkids/#/edgy/#/
+20 Creativity
*Creativity increased to 100*
Fitting. A title just as dumb as the movie itself.
Wait for real? Oh god no
It's so obvious that people that didn't grow up with the internet wrote this movie. Are you telling me a 17 year old doesn't know what block or delete comment is?
And what was that mocking video? no teenager would take the time to do something like that, they would be the ones getting bullied for being so cringey.
I seriously said “you didn’t know social media has a block or delete button?!!! Get off the internet with that stupidity” lol
But... There are people who will not block people bc that's "rude" 🙄
Facts tho I’m 17 and I delete comments it’s not that hard to do can’t believe I found this movie as good and Taylor was so annoying and cared what others had to say about her
@@sasy1533 Ngl I rarely ever block people just cause I find it fun reading extremely stupid replies
@nek Jones probably not. I’ve seen a lot of dumb shit.
"I'm a naughty bad girl someone should spank me" Really? they bullyied her for that? It's not like many random people on the internet say that all the time...
People on the internet say worse than that, This film has a really watered down portrayal of bullying on the internet.
I know right? That's the lamest hack ever. And all she had to do was change her password and status and delete the post.
People:" hand it over,
Your Sloppy Toppy dubble twist vacuum"
My homie hit me with the gwuaker special 3000 while I was asleep
Literally sounds like a joke someone would write on their own profile
The people who wrote this movie would have a stroke if they joined a discord server
13 messages in 30 minutes?
more like 100+ messages in 10 minutes
LOL FR
😂😂😂😂
With Scott calling Taylor “kitten”
Why?
I'll never understand these 'teen drama' movies that make their main characters the most brainless, over-privileged, selfish people on the planet. Am I *supposed* to root for/relate to them? Because I don't.
And they always live in houses that look like Better Homes and Gardens spreads, and they always have insipidly treacly acoustic guitar rock nobodies singing shitty boy-band reject "songs" over the soundtrack.
It makes me root for her to commit pills in mouth.
They're so un-relatable.
at least mean girls condemned her actions
Also, I forgot that she okayed the gay dude being called a SLUR.
*Song of the South* had a more effective anti-bullying message.
Apparently it is ok to call someone a slur if they are what the slur is making fun of.
Leo Bakaitis RUclips deleted my comment listing off some of the potential insults(censoring one of them and trying to be tasteful in how I wrote them), but I just think it’s very selfish, apathetic, and a massive double standard that is being perpetrated here. This is a very muddy message when your main character who we’re supposed to sympathize with and feel sorry for cyber bullying is perpetuating cyber bullying by saying that certain forms of it are okay.
@HelloHamburger it was a joke I was making fun of the movie
Leo Bakaitis I know that I was adding to it.
The "I can't get the cap off" scene makes me laugh everytime. It's perfectly ridiculous, yet believable that she'd struggle to open anything with a kid safety lock on it.
Oh so it IS medicine
I hate how Gen Z slang affects that phrase since I can't stop silent cackling
it reminded me of Heathers with shine a light reprise
Off topic but I love Hisoka
@@alostcrow No cappin'.
"I mean you are gay, what they are saying about you is true."
I was somewhat curious on where this was going, but after hearing that line, that was it. That was _it._ They really expect us to like _this_ person??? And _root_ for her? To some extent I would say she was similar to the bullies. I don't even think she would be mad if that friend of her that she shames goes through this. She would probably say something like, "Maybe you should stop doing that, then they will stop."
“I told my doctor, ‘It hurts when I do this!’ and he said, ‘Don’t do that!’ Then he asked me if I ever had this before. I said, ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘Well now you have it again!’”- Fozzie the bear on The Muppet Show
This line made me like her character a little more
@@jebtickle4065 we got an edgy homophobic c**t here, u r so cool and definitly dont deserve a good big slap
@@jebtickle4065 Send me a postcard when you get back to alt-right Florida.
@@coolnerdlll6053 I got ya man, ill send ya a postcard and ill put some holy water in there.
"I can't get the cap off!" is just another "Stupid child proof caps!" but less entertaining.
Aw look heather is going to whine whine whine
I don't know, I got a pretty good laugh out of it. Even when I saw it in elementary school. The counselor wasn't a big fan of that.
That would be me tho v.v
Childproof shit still stops me.
That was the cherry on top of the shit sundae. She must've never had to deal with meds.
I have to disagree, I found it _very_ entertaining.
The overprotective mom is actually being somewhat logical? Holy shit, this must be a sign that the world is going to implode.
Nice beast stars profile picture
That part sucks a bit though because they could have had the mom take away device but the bullying online bleeds into school and it happens there
Just to show we live in a day and age where you can’t get away from it at all
Love your profile picture!
Typical sexist mommy-bashing. Overprotective fathers are praised.
@@JW-uy2on lol what are you talking about
This main character is an insult to actual suicidal people.
Also, I wanna be friends with the gay guy.
he seems like the only actually normal human being there
#BringBackGG
Trust me, you do not want to hear about "13 Reasons why" if you dislike the idea of disrespecting suicidal people.
However I do invite you to look up "The view from halfway down scene."
Fr
This Movie: “why is nobody obeying rule 34: be polite!”
People who actually use the internet: “that’s not rule 34.”
This Movie: “is there a different rule 34?”
Us: “a *very* different rule 34.”
The person who got the rules wrong on purpose: kumodey
Yeah be polite and pay your artists. They work hard to draw those pictures.
@@insertreferencehere.8066 and fast like holly shit, they get high quality stuff out in less than 6 hours! SOME BODY NEEDS TO HIGHER THOSE ARTISTS TO ANIMATE SHOWS!
@@spin789xy2 animation is much more complicated than just drawing a picture, one thing is that for an animated show that's hand drawn it takes thousands of drawings, another thing is stuff like concept and key frames which can take up quite a lot of time not to mention any screw ups while drawing requiring a redo of it, not to mention color, lines and things being cohesive, color saturation and the other non drawn stuff like lighting, framing, camera etc. Simply theirs a lot more to an animated show than just drawing a handful of things
@@dragonmaster3030Um, most animations these days are done digitally, with frames drawn on a computer like any other digital art. And isn’t that the whole joke? The fact that they are so fast, they can animate at rates equivalent to like 5 average in-betweeners?
I just never understood what her best friend's motivation was for cyber bullying her best friend like that. It made absolutely no sense.
I know, she claimed that it was to "protect" Taylor from any boys, but why would she pretend to be one online? It just makes no sense whatsoever! 🤦🏻♀️
because of her Sick Burns, duh.
Sie was just super petty
Never watched the movie, but going off of this video maybe the friend was pissed that she kinda slut shamed her for sleeping with a dude on the first date and wondering why he never called her back. Maybe she wanted to get revenge on her for that. It's a weak motivation, but plausible maybe.
@@lrose1310 I seen the movie. That never happened.
If someone tried to tell a rumour or me having an std I’d laugh and say, “I couldn’t sleep with a guy even if I wanted to”
Self deprecating humour always wins
Yeah if somebody were to spread rumors of me sleeping with x, y, and z, I would just make up lies about those people like "Yeah X can only get hard if I pretend to be the dragon from Shrek"
I'd probably say "yeah I got it from your mom/dad, I wouldn't let them kiss you goodbye for a while"
"I make virgin olive oil look like happily-married olive oil."
The people in this movie don’t seem to understand the block function exists.
In YMS's video, he said something along the lines of "I can't help, but notice all those X's next to all the comments."
Or the power button
At least it’s semi realistic. A lot of people don’t realize that you can block people
Its more the fact the bullying continues in real life.. She goes to school everyday and sees all those same people so just not being on social media doesnt actually stop the bullying and the social isolation.. This movie tried to make that point with the friends leaving her and the guy not going to the dance with her anymore but its a terrible movie so its done terribly
That's because if they did, they couldn't take cyberbully seriously. A lot of this is absurdly contrived because they want to push a novel idea. If this movie were to be actually useful, it'd be 10 minutes long. As soon as the bullying started, she'd be like "OK, this is stupid, I'mma go do something else". So, they have to take it out of the cyberspace and come up with some reason why she has to keep reading those comments. She doesn't really learn a lesson about privacy, taking control of her life or anything that could be remotely useful. teach burglars not to steal. Brilliant.
I guess ww2 could have been prevented if someone was like. ”You know hitler, you’re making people really sad. And it would be a real swell move if you would just not try to conquer the world.”
what if we give him a small country, to appease him. Then he surely won't take over the world and we can have peace in our time!
"Mein Failure, we've finally found Berlin and killed Fegelein."
It's funny, but then you realise that in one way or another is exactly what happened.
as a pagan who comes from a jewish family,i found this kinda funny
And then all the world leaders clapped and hitler sat on the lunch table by himself
"But that's different. You're actually gay, so the stuff they say about you is true."
Aaaaaaand I hate the main character.
Why is, she is the one, saying the most mean shit, compared to everyone. It legit made her most insufferable.
@@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457 makes you sadly root for the bullies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love how these movies try so hard to make the bullying seem legit, but because they can't risk have too restrictive of a rating, all the bullying is extremely milquetoast and restrained, unable to say or do anything that would really hurt someone. Hell, the kind of shit-talking I received from classmates in grade school was more devastating than most of the bullying shown here.
The main character seemed to have the most legit hurtful things to say
Okay, milquetoast I had to look up.
Mil-kay-toe-ast? Milky-toast?
Nope. Milktoast. Never heard of it. Very apt, though.
Kimberly Elliott I was thinking the same thing though. I reread “milkytoast” at least 5 times
Milquetoast: somewhat archaic word, off the top of my head, it means bland or weaksauce.
And now I just had to look up the etymology and it comes from almost exactly where I was expecting, but through an intermediary step I didn't see coming. Coined in 1924 to be the name of a comic strip character Caspar Milquetoast for the comic The Timid Soul, a meaningful name alluding to the food: milk-toast (literally toast in milk), i.e. kind of bland and insubstantial. Has more presence than an actual non-entity, but not by much.
Kimberly Elliott
Toe-ast? Seriously?
To the stupid argument by the Father of Lindsey "Well my daughter is practicing her right of free speech it's nothing illegal". Had he never heard of this magical word called "Defamation"? I mean he is a Lawyer he must know this
He accused her of it
Yeah, exactly... the shit they are doing is not protected under the first amendment...
Her dad is the next Clarence Darrow he is!
Ssssshhh, let the plot convenience do its thing
Well yeah and that's how he's defending his client
The woman writing it doesn't. Nor has she heard of slander or libel... just "cyber-bullying" that amounts to kids spamming "gkys" and thinking they're all clever
What no one seems to understand about bullying is that the words that are said aren’t usually the part that hurts. It’s the feeling of being alone cuz the bullies manipulate everyone around you into ostracizing you.
Yeah and the humiliation.
Specifically with cyberbullying, it's the not being able to escape bit that makes it dangerous too. Whenever they look at their phone, it's there, berating them.
In highschool you would be lucky if people even remembered in a week, let alone care enough to say anything about it
More like unlucky
Hell things don't even last an hour in my highschool while i was there
only fights are talked about for weeks on end bullying lasts for a second
I survived the modern warfare 2 and halo 3 lobbies what can you do to me? Genuinely I’ve heard everything you can throw at me.
I don't remember most of high school
"I'm an attorney and you're slandering my child!" There is a video online posted under her name with her in it, that's evidence.
Which means he can be taken to court for going against this crime, being an unknowing assistant to his daughter's bullying, and might lose his license.
@@theshipper5797 this is the corrupted universe
If you are white and rich you are untouchable
Also the main instigators are white and dark haired
Is this a sign 🤔
@@ecru_5819 Oh give me a break, it has nothing to do with being white and only rich. You think greedy people care the color of the person they're getting their money from? OJ anyone? Plenty of rich celebrities get out of trouble no matter their color. Not every time, but certainly more than the rest of us average folk.
This is some X-Box live level logic
@@Jenacide Being white in the west does contribute to power
Me watching this when I was like 10: This is such a deep and beautiful movie with such a great message
Me now: This shit is worse than 13 Reasons Why
The only thing worse than 13 reasons why is cuties
I remember watching this movie and being quite terrified though now I see it's ridiculous.
*broom*
I watched it when I was eight and it scared the shit out of me. Watching it being reviewed as a teen is surreal.
Bruh im in the same boat! I was born in 2000 so this shit was super deep when I watched it when I was young.
this “movie” came out when I was 15, at the height of my self harm, and I distinctly remember watching this with my mother. she had recently found out about sh and things were super awkward, so during the “attempt” scene, we were so uncomfortable that we couldn’t look at each other lmao
“I can’t get the cap off!” is the funniest shit.
“Yes you do have a constitucional right to be a prick, but you’re still a prick”
- Franz Kafka, probably.
*constitutional*
Me: "Aw, poor girl. She doesn't deserve to be bullied."
(Girl later shits on homosexual guy who tries to help her.)
Me: "I stand corrected."
What-
@@kinglas9056
In other words, the guy tried to help her, and she just insulted him instead.
I literally can’t feel bad for her after she said that to the gay guy
exactly
Same. That was seriously bitchy, I mean he was trying to help.
@@chayden153
He was the only one who WANTED to understand her, and who could UNDERSTAND her
If she listen to him maybe she would have gotten through it better
@@chayden153 imagine trying to comfort a girl you see getting cyberbullied but she tells you that you can't sympathize with her because what you're being harassed for is actually true 😐
@@randompromises1038 right?! It's just rude
Captions at 16:36 changed “NO!” into “NEURGH!” and that’s truly the cherry on top of this comedic commentary
They literally had a perfect protagonist right there in front of them. The gay guy. These movies about cyber bullying always make it seem like the protagonist is just being bullied for no reason except the Mean People are just Mean. But in actuality, people who get bullied aren’t always thin blonde White girls, they’re usually minorities or not neurotypical. The gay guy would’ve been much better and didn’t deserve the MC belittling his struggles, because thats exactly what his bullies do to him and it makes her SO unlikable
I get what you're saying, but being bullied isn't restricted to your skin colour. Even a skinny blonde white girl can be bullied if a bully can find something to hurt her with.
Brithwyr This whole movie would’ve been better if there was an actual reason she was getting bullied. If someone posted that on their account (meaning the “I liked to get spanked” stuff) they might get some light teasing, but most people would brush it off as sarcasm. Calling someone a bitch would probably get you praised by everyone who wasn’t close with that person tbh. The movie still wouldn’t have been good but it would at least make sense. Like maybe people thought she was promiscuous, maybe she was aggressive and a loner, maybe there were rumors about something.
Yeah, it's weird how the whole movie brushes off the issue when people have a reason to bully you, whether it's a "legitimate" one (like you did something stupid but essentially harmless) or just the hatecrime-y type. Well, I guess it's okay to bully then!
Probably because they think no one in the audience will care unless she's a skinny white girl. Otherwise they would have to... create a sympathetic character with depth and an actual personality!
It could have easily made sense if this was a fight about a boy, that is a pretty typical reason why one girl would start spreading rumors about another.
Ironically that bitchy attitude the main character got with him probably made a lot of people enjoy the idea of her being bullied.
We did it boys. The CEO of Bullying has been neutralized.
What about the CEO of Haram?
digital drama deleted
TM
The botched suicide scene, where she couldn't get the cap off? IT"S BEEN DONE BEFORE.
in heathers(1989), a *dark* comedy about murder and the frivolousness of high school. a much better movie too.
If they were gonna parody Heathers like that, they could've at least done it well.
Btw, in the movie, even though she struggled at first she actually did get the cap off. Veronica come in to save her and force the pills out of her mouth. Pretty sure it's only in the musical that she couldn't get the cap off.
@@alexandergreene461 I would image soldiers today are more hardcore, there is an actual war going on. Usually it is during peace time where the military go soft, because most people that sign up during peace time, are looser that can't make it in the real world, but once a war took place, those people try to get out of the army as soon as possible and then you get a lot of patriots signing up
@@peteryang8991 i mean, people with mental illnesses can be more vulnerable to emotional attacks by others, and cannot be "sent off to boot camp" since the military wouldn't allow them for their mental illness.
@@peteryang8991 I agree that cyberbu//y is a terrible movie, but you are completely wrong. It's extremely invalidating to kids who suffer from depression and say that they are "too soft". It's a mental illness. Would you say the same thing if it were physical? Nobody wants to get depression. But bullying can actually warp your mind into doing things that you otherwise wouldn't have done. You obviously don't know how the brain works. 🙄
@@genevievehunt439 Give me a break, we all dealt with bullying as kids, let me tell you about something, my mum been calling me a "worthless piece of trash", since I was eight years old, pretty much on a daily bases. When I was first grade everyday the first thing I have to do when I am get home before I walk into the house I have to say ten times "I am a piece of crap that doesn't deserve to live" if I am like kids today, how many times would I have committed suicide already? Just a reminder, I was 7 years old. people born in the 50s and 60s are the worse parents ever and they are the least competent people that should be in charge, I mean just look at how the whole world gone to the crapper the last 20 years since this generation been in charge, it is chaos. If by your theory, half of us kids born in the 80s and 90s should have suffer depression and commit suicide. But that is not happening, we come out of it stronger and wiser, in some countries the baby boomer are doing such a horrible job, kids born in the 80s and 90s are even taking over in leadership role, before their age, whether it is big corporation or even government and is doing a better job, New Zealand Prime Minister is only 36 when she was first elected now 40. Fineland Prime Minister is only 34, (she look more like a pretty girl on a soap opera, then a national leader) In Taiwan the sixth largest city Mayor, he is only 25 and is clean up the train wreck of debt and mess created by the baby boomer, after only been in office for 2 years. Current Taiwan, President, despite been a baby boomer is amount the smaller majority that are competent, but guess what, all of her advisors are currently under 40.
Stop making excuse for kids these days, you are not helping them by doing so, toughen them up, a year in military school would do them some good.
My health teacher showed this to my class once.
My class made fun of it almost the whole time
Bro same
Except I was asleep the entire time
Me and the guys I sat with completely lost it at the "I can't get the cap off!" scene and ruthlessly mocked it for pretty much the rest of the run time. The counselor wasn't a fan of that.
SAMMEEE
It deserves to be made fun of. Thank God I was never shown this film in school.
Laughter is the beat medicine. Maybe that’s what your teacher was going for.
Why are the bully’s parents in these kind of movies always lawyers lol
They need to get the "evil lawyer" cliche in there apparently.
@@Xehanort10 exactly. The bully's parent has to be lawyer enough that can threaten the victim's parent with legal ramifications, but incompetent enough to not understand how the law really works.
I remember seeing this when it came out.
The pill scene was glorious. When the others were wrestling with her to calm her down, the movie faded to a commercial break and the very first advertisement was for Advil or Aspirin or something like that.
My raucous laughter that followed had to he explained to everyone in the house and some of them even sat and watched it with me to mock the shitshow.
10/10 movie, really brought my family closer together.
Advil: YOU CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!
LMAOOOO
And that's what ABC family is all about. I had to wipe away a tear, that was so beautiful
I nearly woke up my entire neighborhood from laughing so hard at the pill scene.
Ironically I can kind of see someone being bullied for saying “I’m a naughty girl who needs someone to spank me” because that is just so tame and unimaginative.
She probably wouldn't be bullied like this though. She'd probably be bullied for the fact that it is so tame and unimaginative. She probably get the 'nobody cares' or 'attention seeker' line of bullying, and that would just die down after a while because everyone would just get bored.
This movie grossly exaggerated what people on the internet, or in general, will seriously bully someone for.
"God, if you're this desperate for attention, at least be more creative."
"Uh, attention whore, much?"
"Y'all need Jesus!"
"Seriously? This is what we've resorted to for clicks?"
"Y'all need Jesus!"
"Honestly, kind of derogatory to people who are sexually adventurous."
"Cool. You do you."
"Y'all need Jesus!"
"SOMEBODY GET THAT GUY OUT OF HERE!"
@@wd3185 😂😂
@@wd3185 Is this a reference?
@@Takejiro24 No, it's a parody of how Twitter users respond to mildly disagreeable posts.
Back in 2012, a friend of mine started playing this movie. When it came to the pill bottle scene, I burst out laughing so hard that his wife asked what was wrong with me.
I'm so glad I'm not alone, how ANYONE could take that sequence seriously is beyond me.
You're mean.
"You're speaking with an attorney, before you slander my daughter."
In order to prove slander, you need three things.
1. The person said harmful things about the victim (which is true, the mom is very clearly talking bad about the daughter)
2. That the things the offender has said is not true
3. The offender knew that they were not true, but said them anyway.
Of those, only one criteria is met. The bullying that the attorney's daughter participated in has been very well documented. I dont think this guys is that good of a lawyer.
Best part is that the mother could check each and every box off and sue em for slander
The funniest part about this is that the first amendment doesn’t cover libel or slander. The school should’ve set up regulations and guidelines on their social media website.
He just read the “freedom of speech” section and thought he knew the entire constitution.
BOOM! LAWYER'D!
Considering he pulled the "freedom of speech" card, the fact that he's a lawyer is bizarre.
The 1st amendment protects what you say, true, but it DOESN'T protect you from the consequences like the dad seems to think.
My health teacher showed this to our class this year and I have no clue how the hell he kept a straight face while telling us "This movie is very accurate"
i hope someone yelled "I CANT GET THE CAP OFF"
It wasn't his first rodeo
Hate to break it to you but i think your health teacher might be on the mentally challenged side of things if he said "very accurate"
5 years ago I was a senior in high school and our health teacher also assured us how “very accurate” this movie was.
Must be in the handbook.
Our health teacher also showed it on high school and said it was a very emotional and sad movie. Some of the other students in the class also said some of the same things. Me and some friendd were just sitting back and dying from the hilarity.
They actually played this movie on my school. It had an unintended sideffect. During the "*I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF*" scene, the entire classroom fucking EXPLODED with laughter.
We laughed so hard, and so long the teacher had to pause the movie (partly so she could stop laughing herself)
Darn it's so dumb RUclips is flagging even movies that are supposed to be educational.
Actually based on his post and other stories it sounds like it was due to a glitch
I dont think it was anything to do with RUclips finding it inappropriate or anything. I think it was a genuine glitch on the site. He said it happened to a lot of creators over the weekend.
I looked it up and the story that the movie is loosely based on is... horrifying
The girl got catfished just like here but instead of her friend pretending to be a guy, IT WAS THE MOTHER OF SOMEONE WHO WAS ALREADY BULLYING THE GIRL. The mother first became online friends with her and gradually starts to cyber bully
Eck
thats worse and they should have done that- it would honestly make more sense and/or a better story ngl...
That's seriously messed up... it should have been included into the main plot instead of this typical lifetime crap. It would also show that not only teens/pre-teens are bullies. But God forbid something is actually accurate in these movies.
Is there a documentary on Netflix? What's the case called?
There's an episode of Law & Order: SVU where a mom does something like this. Doesn't end well
Abc family after broadcasting movie: *We did it boys, we deleted digital drama*
😱😱😱BREAKING NEWS: Cyberbu//ying rates drop to 0%
Abc family years later: Do i hear Keemstar music?
Cool cat would be so proud
17:42 - obligatory FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOES NOT EQUAL FREEDOM OF CONSEQUENCES ESPECIALLY IF IT COULD BE CONSIDERED SUICIDE BAITING OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO A SUICIDE OF A PERSON. he's a lawyer, he should know that
It also only protects you from the GOVERNMENT censoring you. Hence why RUclips Tik Tok Twitter etc can tell you what you can and cant put their websites.
“If my daughter insulted your daughter it’s her right. It’s the first amendment, free speech”
Is it not slander to spread lies as truth about someone?
To be fair, spreading rumors like "I'll bet she slept with 20 guys and is pregnant" wouldn't ever hold up. Slander is actually quite difficult to prove (rightfully so), at least in the US.
I think it would be easier to proof big it's liable.
It's not really, it's just dumb internet insults. I bet you if she didn't act so basic the girl would have stopped.
Slander is spoken. Libel is written.
@@bilqeesnagdee7466 Meat! I'll send you a nice box of Christmas meat!
I can't get the cap of is a inside joke in my friend group when someone utterly fails in a simple task. Yes, we scream it at the person that's failing.
Thanks cyberbully
Don’t you mean cyberbu//y? LOL.
@@Somezoomer how could I be so stupid to misspell the classic known as cyberbu//y
Max Grozema a true classic.
16:06 If someone tried to hurt me with a video like that, it would have the opposite effect of what was intended. All that video would tell me was that someone was obsessed enough with me to spend hours making a giant cardboard cutout of my face - which is both creepy and pathetic.
Excuse, how do you put a specific point of the video in your coment? Sorry for my English 😅
@@recoverymza just typing it out like done above should work
So 00:01 for the first second of the video, 10:00 for 10 minutes in, etc.. If the video is longer than an hour, I believe you add another colon? So 1:00:00
@@epicwocky thanks ^^
And let's not forget the pink ribbon, which is a nice touch tbh
honestly, i think i'd just find it funny as fuck lol. pretty sure if that happened the person posting that video would get bullied to hell bc why would you do something so stupid?
I feel bad for Emily Osment, shes actually such a good actress imo and she didn't deserve this lol
Who did she play in this? I only know her from something she voice acted in, so I have no idea what she looks like.
@@rosykindbunny1313 she's the main character
She's on Young Sheldon.
I actually had to watch this movie for a class assignment, talking about how “insightful” the movie is. Yeah...
I imagine that insulting the “insightful mastapeece” would get you a trip to the guidance counselor and possibly detention and/or suspension.
"The movie's depictions of cyberbullying are milquetoast and incredibly inaccurate, especially considering that the main character said some of the most hurtful things in the movie. The writing is poorly executed and was clearly done by people who have never opened a web browser in their lifetime. I've never seen a movie fail so spectacularly in its messaging, and watching it made me with that I could get the cap off, and shuffle off this mortal coil."
SAME omg when i was 14
Did you write about how it was insightful into the mind of a self pitying unlikable person, or how it shows exactly what not to do when making a movie tackling tough issues. Or was you young at the time and didn't know better?
When I was a kid I thought this movie was so deep and sad. Now it's hilariously unrealistic.
lmao me too I cried watching this movie 😂
How old were you?
yoooooo, same.
Considering I actually watched this on my own volition
I cried when that "can't get the cap off" scene came up. Trouble is, I did it while sounding like a hyena on laughing gas, so I got sent out to sit in the hall 😂
Repost:
I can't get the cap off!
Yeah... I'll show myself out...
Repost:
Have you tried spinning? I've heard that's a good trick!
Ahh I remember you!
I CAN'T GETS THE CAPS OFF
@@spacedoyster7686
Now _this_ , is podracing
@@xmlthegreat I don't like sand
"you're actually gay, what they're saying about me isn't true"
yep i have lost any and all sympathy i could have had for this character
"People call me the N word."
"Yeah, but you're actually black, so it's fine. 😌💅"
Frankly I have no sympathy for Taylor because I get the feeling she's wangsting over nothing since all the bullying towards her aren't bad compared to Caleb.
oh my God I remember watching this in a middle school class. then when the girl is all "I have something to tell you" this guy in class just shouted out "I'm a lesbian"
Honestly, it would have made the movie better.
@@oculttheexegaming2509 probably would’ve
I would have nearly died laughing. That young lad is a hero.
WHAT A LEGEND!
I had to watch this in class too!Nobody gave a shit and all i could think of is how bad this movie was and how it was unrealistic and clearly just a poor attempt at a message.
I remember in school we had a free day and our teacher was like “y’all wanna watch this??” And we said no but we ended up watching it anyway
Ah yes. Using administrative bullying to "teach" the dangers of cyberbullying.
Why would a teacher play this?!
Same
I think I saw it in class too but I can't remember
N M got no idea but they did it in my school too
“Scott talked to me for half an hour” damn girl, you really got yourself a KING 👑👑👑
That's that's roughly one message every two minutes😐😐
i was going to jokingly say "And 30 messages!"
But then i decided to rewatch the clip, to make sure the joke was right, and then i realized that it was 13 instead of 30.
I think my brain just assumed it was 30 because that seemed actually reasonable instead of a measly 13 messages in half an hour
I was bullied quite badly and the bullies would tell me to go and kill myself, often.
One day, a teacher said; 'Stop that, she might actually do it one day!'
The bullies grinned and I said; 'Eh..no. I won't. I'm not letting their pathethic behaviour influence me."
And she said; 'No, no, but..everyone has their breakingpoint. You might think you can handle it now, but what if you throw yourself in front of a train one day? That can happen! You might not be able to controll yourself anymore, from all the sadness!"
And while the bullies gleefully laughed, I was worrying about that part of 'not being able to controll yourself anymore.'
I now know that she means severe depression or youknow, severe anxiety, that might cut down and eat away at you for years and years and years. But at the time (being about 13) I was convinced she meant that my brain would just shut down completely and I'd find myself at the edge of a bridge, half-half realizing that I was about to jump, not having any power to warn anyone about it or stop myself whatsoever.
This feeling was sortof emphasized by *all* the bullying-video's you see, in which the victim inevitably kills herself, and then only sometimes gets saved. It nearly feels as if that's the solution being given; 'Kill yourself and then we'll know you are seriously not enjoying the bullying anymore."
Oh god I remember when they showed this to us in 7th grade in an attempt to “Stop Cyberbulling around school”. All it really stopped was a bunch of us watching ABC shows.
There's two kind of people in this world: People that can't get the cap off and those who can.
I’m the second kind...
Correction: there are three types of people, the people who would consume the entire pill bottle
@@stormrunner1177 That falls under both those categories.
My favorite lines in this movie are "2 gay 2 lift" and "I can't get the cap off"
Two perfectly good year book statements right there.
I'm resisting the urge to put "2 gay 2 lift on my twitter bio
@@tumulovermelho93 too late, buddy. Adum from YourMovieSucks already used it as his twitter username
I loved how everyone was friends in the end. Taylor's own best friend is the reason for her attempted suicide (but couldn't get the cap off), but they all became friends again.
I like how a character who’s meant to be a lawyer can’t understand freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences
But it kind of is tho.
@@holben27 it’s freedom from legal consequences, as that would be suppression of speech, but not freedom from social consequences where people hold a person accountable for their actions and express a dislike for those comments
@@davemoths so cancel culture
@@ALDAL in what way
Not American but I thought freedom of speech doesn't mean that you step on another person's rights and in this case, freedom from discrimination.
If someone hacks your profile and posts stupid stuff and you get you profile back... just delete the stuff and post something like „I was hacked lol“ and it’s all good. But I guess that would make for a „good“ movie 🤷🏻♂️
But then they would have to plan around human decision making and the writing just wasn’t up for that
The fact that we were forced to watch this '''educational''' film in class makes it ten times funnier.
Oh no, poor students. (genuinely serious)
What was educational about it tho
@@matthew_natividad Nothing, that's why it's funny.
Your school forced you watch this trash?! F*cking sue them, that counts as abuse xD
When we watched this, half the class bursted out laughing at the pill scene
How has "I CAN'T GET THE CAP OFF!" not become a meme?!
Because not enough people have seen this movie. Ask a random person and I bet the only thing they know about ABC is 25 days of Christmas or Harry Potter marathons. I doubt theyd know The Fosters or this movie. And honestly i couldnt even tell you one character or even the premise of The Fosters i didnt watch that channel. Only watched this movie because of Emily.
*I CAN’T GET THE CAP OFF!*
Me when I open a Powerade bottle with lots of precipitation
depressed 13 y.o. me used to eat that shit up lmfao. there were so many edits where that scene would be put over sad music, black and white filter for good measure, and i just sat there like 'damn that's exactly how i'm feeling :'( '
NOOOOOOO!
She said that like she expected her friend to get it off for her and help her kill herself.
Ask Little Brutus to do it for you. Beware the Ides of March.
Main character attempts to commit suicide and is stopped "We're about halfway through"
Me: That's impossible
I stopped feeling bad for her when she straight up blew off the gay guy who tried to open up and sympathize with her.
9:03 "Taylor runs away from her problems, which she has a habit of doing." ah yes like father like daughter (Her dad left her)
Why did they have an utterly self-centered protagonist?! I admit Emily's performance is good but it's utterly wasted on a severely selfish protagonist!selfish character! Caleb was trying to reach out to her, and she responds with "Yeah, you're gay, so what they've been saying about you is true, But what about MEEEEE!". This lends credence to the fact that she is an obnoxious teenage girl! But the movie turns into All About Poor Taylor and Her Issues! So it justifies Taylor's Self-centered attitude! If you're going to have a movie or novel with a self-centered protagonist, Don't justify it!
Lends credence? Bruh, it gives credence, without expecting any of that back.
The worst thing about this movie is that it's all schools will show.
Good movies about bullying? Nah, we should show terrible movies that get the barely get the message across.
If anything, her casual homophobia makes her a deserving target of bullying. And the term itself is speciesist because it insults bulls.
Honestly if every school had their students watch the music video for Falling Down by Five Finger Death Punch people would take bullying way more seriously.
My school showed us it. We had a good laugh
Everyone laughs at my schools anti-bullying assemblies (even me, who has been bullied).
Thank Arceus that I was never ever shown this movie in school.
it's almost like these films are written by people who are comically out of touch with younger generations and modern pop culture
Hey Fellow kids
They are XD
I saw better writing and far superior acting in the episode of *The Jeffersons* where Florence wanted to kill herself with an overdose of pills.
The cap scene is cinematic art. Not only is the brother completely apathetic, not only is Taylor only found because she audibly grunts loud enough from behind a bathroom door, not only does Taylor not understand how childproof locks work, not only does her mom put her in a headlock, but we also get the absolute bar, “I can’t get the cap off”
I feel like the "I can't get the cap off!" Was them trying to pull the scene "Stupid child proof caps!" from The Heathers but just not nearly done with as much tact.
Except "stupid childproof caps!" was meant to be funny.