A bullied high school student is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor and together they face challenges that will change their lives forever.A bullied high school student is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor and together they face challenges that will change their lives forever.A bullied high school student is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor and together they face challenges that will change their lives forever.
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Talon G. Ackerman
- Will Terkin
- (as Talon Ackerman)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaA number of the actors and crew have been involved in anti-bullying efforts around the country prior to being attached to Contest.
- Goofs"From Detroit by way of the Ukraine" quote should have been reversed.
- Quotes
Tommy Dolen: MY FACE?NOTHING.actually I took on fifty guys at school who wanted to ask you out!
Sarah O'Malley: UH,HUH!
- SoundtracksAbove the Noise
Performed by Noah Chenfeld
Written by Noah Chenfeld
Produced & mixed by Alexander Almgren
Published by Noah Chenfeld Publishing (BMI)
Administered by Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC
Featured review
Not About Bullying
This film devotes itself to a series of increasingly unbelievable escalations that are more about out-of-school criminal behavior than about school-bully problems. The theme is endearing, but the delivery is way, way off-topic. Worse, a fair amount of this movie seems almost comedic, which makes it hard to be sure sometimes just whom to feel sorry for.
The script was hard to follow and the direction literally seemed to leave out moments that one had to infer or guess at. Our twelve-year-old son kept asking questions that started with, "Wait! Why did he just say...?" An amazing number of characters are played by actors who look rather a lot like each other, too, so it wasn't always even clear who was whom.
Overall, this wasn't really a story about bullying. It seemed more like an episode of one of those cookie-cutter Disney Channel shows that all seem to star the same adolescent kids, with an unconvincing set of problems dealt with by absurd solutions, all coming together in a silly ending.
If you're looking for a way to connect with your child about this topic, I really would stay away from this one. It unintentionally makes light of a serious issue, and confuses the phenomenon of bullying with complex (and over-the-top) criminal conspiracies. If you even suggest to your child that bullying is similar in school to what it is in this movie, expect to hear the words, "You just don't get it."
The script was hard to follow and the direction literally seemed to leave out moments that one had to infer or guess at. Our twelve-year-old son kept asking questions that started with, "Wait! Why did he just say...?" An amazing number of characters are played by actors who look rather a lot like each other, too, so it wasn't always even clear who was whom.
Overall, this wasn't really a story about bullying. It seemed more like an episode of one of those cookie-cutter Disney Channel shows that all seem to star the same adolescent kids, with an unconvincing set of problems dealt with by absurd solutions, all coming together in a silly ending.
If you're looking for a way to connect with your child about this topic, I really would stay away from this one. It unintentionally makes light of a serious issue, and confuses the phenomenon of bullying with complex (and over-the-top) criminal conspiracies. If you even suggest to your child that bullying is similar in school to what it is in this movie, expect to hear the words, "You just don't get it."
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- Feb 28, 2014
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