Bullies (film)

Bullies
Bullies
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Lynch
Written by	Bryan McCann; John Sheppard
Produced by	Peter Haley
Starring	Janet-Laine Green; Dehl Berti; Stephen Hunter; Jonathan Crombie; Olivia d'Abo;
Cinematography	René Verzier
Edited by	Nick Rotundo
Music by	Paul Zaza
Production; company	Allarcom Limited
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 29, 1986;
Running time	96 minutes (Canada); 90 minutes (US)
Country	Canada
Language	English
Box office	$2,995,527

Bullies is a 1986 Canadian action-drama film about a feud between two families in a small town in a similar vein to the remake of Romeo and Juliet (1968). The film was directed by Paul Lynch, and stars Jonathan Crombie, Janet-Laine Green, Stephen Hunter, and Olivia d'Abo.

Plot

When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him. Unfortunately her last name is Cullen, and when the rest of the family finds out about their relationship, they decide to get even, and their harassment is elevated to vicious assault.

Cast

Jonathan Crombie as Matt Morris
Janet-Laine Green as Jenny Morris
Stephan B. Hunter as Clay Morris
Olivia d'Abo as Becky Cullen
Bill Croft as Ben Cullen
Bernie Coulson as Jimmy Cullen
Adrien Dorval as Judd Cullen
William Nunn as Jonah Cullen
Dehl Berti as Will Crow
Wayne Robson as Vern
Ed Milaney as Frank Furlong
Brock Simpson as Arnie Furlong

Reception

Bullies opened at the box office at No. 13 with $1,532,605, and ended at $2,995,527.^[1] A review on the French site MediaFilm found the film unnessarily insisting on the brutality of the characters.^[2] Another commentator described it as "a no-nonsense stroll into second-rate Straw Dogs".^[3]

References

^ "Bullies (1986) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
^ "Film Les brutes (Bullies) de Paul Lynch". mediafilm.ca (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
^ Movies, Phantom of the (2000). The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3149-5.

External links

Bullies at IMDb
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Bullies at Box Office Mojo
Bullies at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Bullies (1986) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-05-12.

[2] "Film Les brutes (Bullies) de Paul Lynch". mediafilm.ca (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-31.

[3] Movies, Phantom of the (2000). The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3149-5.

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