Cyberbully

"Words can hurt."

2011 1h 30m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 478

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Synopsis

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A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.

“Words can hurt.”

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Cast

Emily Osment
Taylor Hillridge
Kay Panabaker
Samantha Caldone
Meaghan Rath
Cheyenne Mortenson
Kelly Rowan
Kris Hillridge
Jon McLaren
Scott Ozsik
Robert Naylor
Eric Hillridge
Nastassia Markiewicz
Lindsay Fordyce
Jade Hassouné
Caleb

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Binamé
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Binamé, shot by Pierre Gill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Simon Webb shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Emily Osment and Kay Panabaker and Meaghan Rath carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Words can hurt.".

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IMDB entry: tt1930315 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Charles Binamé directs. Pierre Gill behind the camera. Simon Webb cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Directed by Charles Binamé, shot by Pierre Gill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Simon Webb shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Emily Osment and Kay Panabaker and Meaghan Rath carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Words can hurt.".
7IMDB entry: tt1930315 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pierre Gill
Editing: Simon Webb
Production design: Patricia Christie
Costume design: Janet Campbell
Makeup / hair: Larysa Chernienko
Sound: Philippe Espantoso
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Cyberbully (2011)

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John Chard2014-06-29
★ 7.5/10
Digital Dangers. Cyberbully is directed by Charles Biname and written by Teena Booth. It stars Emily Osment, Kay Panabaker, Kelly Rowan, Jon McLaren, Meaghan Rush and Natassia Markiewicz. This is a TV movie of some note, Cyberbully, as the title suggests, deals with the prevalent problem of on line bullying. Story has Osment as Taylor Hillridge, she's your everyday high school teenager, she's pretty, has good friends and is getting interested in boys. Finally deciding to join the internet revolution, she signs up to a site called Cliquester, a place where loads of cool kids hang and chat their time away. Things are going well, the boy she fancies in school is reciprocating her advances and she's met a guy pal on Cliquester who seems to really dig her. But then the guy she's chatting with turns nasty and pretty soon Taylor's life at school becomes a living hell… It's an after school special with more mature flavours, a picture of serious themes that's accessible to parents and children in that it instigates important discussion. It's certainly not perfect, it stays a little too safe and even stretches credibility during the key scenes, but it tells its story well, makes the points with clarity of narrative and is very well performed by the sprightly young cast. Though unsurprisingly inferior to David Schwimmer's excellent 2010 movie, Trust, Cyberbully makes a good companion piece to that film. These are important movies that drive home the dangers that lurk on internet sites and forums, and thankfully they are being produced with care and consideration of the topics to hand. Could the script and screenplay be much better? Absolutely. But if just one family watches this and manages to sift through problems or potential dangers...then it has done its job. 7/10

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