I saw many movies with same topic there's the cyber bully movie with Hannah Montana's friend which was really bad. This movie is more real and convincing. One thing I can't believe about this movie, the girl was very patient with them. Can anybody be this naive and sensitive.I was watching the whole thing and I'm about to explode. If the bullies can meet me at that moment I'll commit a crime. If this happens to me, I'll stand up for myself I'll ignore it and move forward with my life. The whole thing was non convincing specially the girl's attitude. Can someone be this soft and pure ? I don't think so. I think as well everything was exaggerated over this movie even the effects they made the hall ways look darker with the black metal music all over the movie, the bullies attitude after the suicide attempt.. But, the movie has a good purpose and it's to inform schools about the dangers of bully and how can people learn to not give it such an importance. If someone is bothering you, walk away, choose a farther place at the lunch table, laugh at them, let them know you don't give them any importance, let them know that they're the only losers they're losing their time on some worthless stuff. If they're e-mailing you unbearable stuff just block them and you'll win the sanity of your mind rather than getting crazy or committing suicide.

I have never been able to relate to a movie more than I have with Odd Girl Out. Having been in Vanessa's exact situation back in middle school, this movie was a real tearjerker for me. It reminded me of everything I dealt with 10 years ago, but also just breaks my heart knowing that other young people are going through what I went through. I wish this movie had been around back when I was dealing with it all, but I cannot strongly recommend this movie enough to everyone. Not only to the people in Vanessa's situation, but everyone so they can see just what affect being teased and tormented has on someone. This movie is just wonderful on every level. Especially for a TV film. Not only was the acting excellent and truly believable, but every situation that played out was exactly what a lot of teens deal with today. This movie is raw and it will get under your skin because everybody knows someone who has dealt with a bully whether it is yourself or somebody from your school, it's something every teen should watch and know that they are not alone.

The very overrated 2004 flick "Mean Girls" was praised by critics for its "biting" and "accurate" portrayal of clique-y high school girls. Please, "Mean Girls" is so tame, so glossy it should have been called "'Valley Girl' with PMS". Just a year after "Mean Girls"'s release, Lifetime released "Odd Girl Out", a terrifying tragic tale of adolescent cruelty. Based on Rachel Simmons's nonfiction book of the same name, "Odd Girl Out" is a stylized but painfully realistic look at how teenage girls will attack each other not with four-letter words or fists, but with rumors, dirty looks, and any form of underhanded bullying. "Odd Girl Out" reveals the 21st century's newest form of torment: cyber-bullying.Our protagonist Vanessa (Alexa Vega, "Spy Kids") is an A-student comfortably situated in her popular clique of friends. When fair weather friend Niki (played by appropriately unattractive Elizabeth Rice) becomes jealous of Vanessa's social standing, she decides to take her down a peg by turning Vanessa's shallow best friend Stacy (Leah Pipes) against her and spreading hateful rumors and gossip. Gossip turns into thinly veiled insults ("That tray looks really heavy," one girl sneers at Vanessa during lunch), which in turn become relentless abuse (a web site dedicated to insulting Vanessa is put up). Vanessa tries her best to ignore this undeserved mistreatment, but the emotional pain becomes too much for her to bear. Vanessa's self-esteem and life begin to crumble, and her mother (Lisa Vidal) desperately struggles to help her anguished daughter. As someone who was picked on (albeit not as badly) in middle school, I must say this movie is right on the mark. This is really how middle school girls behave: they'll simply choose their victim and attack at random. No rhyme, no reason, they are driven by their own self-absorption and insecurities. I'll admit it, "Odd Girl Out" made me cry for myself, for poor Vanessa, and anyone else who was victimized at that age. Vega is astonishingly good as Vanessa, who is forced to go through pure hell scene after scene. You really see the desperation and loneliness reflected in her sad brown eyes. Vidal is also in fine form as Vanessa's loving but somewhat clueless mom. Rice, Pipes, and Alecia Moore are realistic as the pack of former friends who torture Vanessa. Some people complain that "Odd Girl Out" plays too much like a horror movie. Anyone who agrees with that sentiment obviously never attended public middle school.

The only reason I am giving this film a 3 is because it is supposed to raise awareness of mobbing. I had several problems with this film. First, the acting is just bad. Several times I had to guess if Stacy was trying to act fake or not when I know she was supposed to be. Second, the mother of Alexa Vega was just too passive. She doesn't ask enough questions, she leaves her daughter alone when she is obviously distraught- and even though she was supposed to be asleep, I would have stayed with her until we could have talked things out. SPOILER: then the girl tries to kill herself? I mean what were all those medications doing in her bathroom- it wasn't one she shared with her mother! Additionally, if I, as a mother, had gone to school and the school couldn't stop this bullying, because that was what it was, then I would have gone to the school board and the superintendent to get some action. SPOILER: I would have also ripped that email out of my daughter's hand and said Stacy was a liar. Finally, I had such a problem with the fact that what they were doing online is considered a hate crime. As a mother, I know where my kids surf. I would have known all about the website and chats just from the protection I have on my computers for my teenagers. There would have been none of the "who is this?" that the mom typed in and SPOILER: I wouldn't have had any of the "if you don't own up to your screen names you'll be expelled" stuff. For corn's sake, the principal was a black woman- she knows hate and discrimination- you'd think she'd be more empathetic.IMHO, this was not a realistic portrayal of any kids I know. They should have given Shari Perry more screen time instead of the little "gems of wisdom" she spouted. SPOILER: At the end, when Emily says "Give it up for the girl.", Tony (the loser that they were fighting over) claps and he is part of her group now? Like any daughter of mine would allow that to happen. The ending was super weak with Nikki using the hearts and flowers chat as ammunition.My daughter is 12 years old and said that the movie was stupid because it was unrealistic- 'nuff said!