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Bully
Why this pick
Like Alpha Dog, it turns reckless adolescent loyalties and casual violence into an increasingly unbearable true-crime tragedy, with an unvarnished, sun-bleached suburban realism.
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MOVIE2006 2h 2m DEU
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1999, Johnny Truelove (portraying Jesse James Hollywood) is a young drug dealer living in the San Gabriel Valley, in Southern California. His father, Sonny, supplies him with Cannabis (drug), which Johnny distributes to his gang of friends, which include Frankie Ballenbacher, Johnny’s right-hand man; Tiko Martinez, the muscle of the group; Elvis Schmidt, a ridiculed member of the group who is indebted to Johnny; and Jake Mazursky, a short-tempered skin head who is also in debt with Johnny.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bruce Willis
Sonny Truelove
Emile Hirsch
Johnny Truelove
Justin Timberlake
Frankie Ballenbacher
Shawn Hatosy
Elvis Schmidt
Harry Dean Stanton
Cosmo Gadabeeti
Ben Foster
Jake Mazursky
Anton Yelchin
Zack Mazursky
Sharon Stone
Olivia Mazursky