Well the reason people bully isn't always the same. It isn't always because they have a hard life. But sometimes it is and so this movie took this bullying reason. It is actually a great movie to show teenagers and have a conversation about.I really like thew style of the movie. It being filmed as if it is a documentary makes this movie feel much more realistic which is great. Acting is pretty good as well. I think the only time it felt fake was when the victim cried about being bullied. But this most likely wasn't because of her acting but because the lines were a bit overdramatic which was unfortunate. Because otherwise the movie was awesome. I like the participation of everyone, friends, people who kind of knew them, family members etc.

Even though the pace of this movie was slow-going, the ending and the fact that it made me sob made it for me. I think this movie was important, though a bit cliché. Though I don't know the exact amount of sleeping pills it would take to kill yourself, I doubt the 10-15 Jessica took would do it. It would probably severely inhibit her, possibly destroy her liver, or other horrors, but death would probably not occur. Human lives are fragile but they are very difficult to take. So (spoiler) I wasn't really surprised when she made it in the end. I liked that this movie took the approach of sympathizing with the bully, actually. Bullies are human, too, and I think we often forget that. Though I strongly disliked Avery's character in this movie, I could sympathize when she was upset about what she did. Most everyone has bullied at some point in their life, not many to this extent, but we do have to learn to forgive ourselves. That being said, we must try not to bully once we've noticed we have, but I digress. It's important to spread awareness, so this movie is good in that respect, but some things seemed slightly inaccurate to me. Like I said, the dosage wasn't enough to kill an average teenager, and I was surprised the principal or authorities didn't check social media for bullying instances once there were allegations against Avery. That stuff is online forever, and you can find it if you know how to look for it. Also, the acting was okay, not bad, not great. I do, however, love Jimmy Bennett so it was cool to see him in this. But I wish they would have at least given Jessica a little bit of a personality. All I know about her is that she's shy, non-confrontational, and knows a fact about laughing. I understand if she didn't fight back when Avery was abusive, but you'd think she'd at least try to run away or ignore her or something. I don't know, I guess I'm just comparing myself to Jessica because I totally would've decked Avery and gotten in trouble while Avery'd get off scot-free because that's just how life works.

At first I thought the movie was actually a real documentary, only after googling the characters while watching the movie I discovered it wasn't real. The movie is based on a real story and is filmed as if it really happened to the characters in real life, but it is actually totally staged and scripted. I can't get over the fact how amazingly good this film is. I'm not overreacting if I say it is one of the most beautiful eye opening films I've ever seen. The script, the actors, the way of filming, the uncensored footage, everything is exactly how it is supposed to be! I think this movie will get close to home for everyone who has been a victim, a perpetrator or a witness of bullying. This will really wake everybody up, force them to take a look around and to stand up for themselves and/or others. It will hopefully even make bullies realize what they are doing to others, how they make them feel, hopefully causing them to stop doing so.I rate this movie a 10 out of 10 because I can't find a single thing that is wrong. It doesn't only tell one story, the one of the bullied child like usual, but also the one of the bully and the ones of the people that are close to them. It shows an overall, but nevertheless detailed, picture of the daily life in a high school for the bullied/bullies/witnesses. Not only in an American high school, but in almost every high school in every country. The documentary vibe the movies has, makes it even easier to envision how common this is nowadays, and how hurtful it can be. It happens a lot, most of the time without parents or teachers even noticing it. This film gives the perfect representation of the nowadays high schools and it will open up the eyes of a lot of people not noticing how terrible the lives of bullied people can be!

I have to rate this movie 10/10, not because it's the best movie I've ever seen, but because it's one of the most important movies I have seen. Lexi and Hunter are brilliant and they put your heart and stomach to the test. I have seen a lot of movies about bullying, but "A Girl Like Her" is different. Instead of demonizing bullying Weber tries to understand it. I don't know why people rate it low or write that this is overexaturated 'cause it's really not. This is what's going on in our schools everyday everywhere, and if we all just close our eyes like they do, it will go on forever. This is one of the few movies, which makes me wanna turn off the TV and just sit and think about it afterwards. Watch it if you love reel dramas..