Just finished watching the movie, Odd Girl Out, it's an old movie, it came out in 2005, when I first saw it, when I was younger, it was aired on the Lifetime Network. I've seen it easily over five times already throughout the years, because to me, it's one of the few movies I've seen the tackled bullying, and cyber bullying in a realistic, and mature way. To me, anyone can watch it, kids, and parents, both sides can relate to it from different angles.
For me, even to this day, years later, I personally relate to it, because I myself was bullied when I was in middle school, it wasn't online, mine mainly in person, so for me, I related a lot with the main character, and what she went through and felt, even to this day, when I rewatch it.
Yes, the movie had some minor flaws, but to me, it was an overall good movie, that addressed bullying, and how it can start off as something small, and soon escalate into something much worse fairly quickly. It basically showed how the school handled bullying at the time, the mother of the daughter, the people who were bullying the girl, and the main character herself, who was being bullied. The overall message, was basically to not run away from your problems, but to face them, and yes, while that message is very well intended, my personal opinion, when it comes to being bullied, sometimes, "running away", or as I'd put it, starting over somewhere else, is the better option.
It's just my opinion, but to me, it would have been better, if the girl, who was being bullied, got pulled out of school, and just been home schooled, or just transferred to a different school, and started over, that way she wouldn't have to deal with the girls who were bullying her everyday. Her mom basically didn't even consider pulling her out of the school, or transferring her to a different school, or moving, that way she could move on, and start over. By the time, she finally even considered pulling her daughter out of the school, for the remainder of the school year, I'm sorry to say this, her daughter attempted suicide. It shouldn't have gotten to that point, for the school to finally take it seriously, of the girl being bullied, and the mom finally considering pulling her daughter out of school. I understand, that for the whole message of, "standing up for yourself", it was basically needed for the main character to be forced to stay in the school, so at the end of the movie, she would have her moment of standing up to her bullies, I get that, but in real life, it doesn't always work out like that.
They took so long to finally acknowledge and try to address the problem, of the girl getting bullied, that she was close to dying, from attempting suicide, for me, that's the only real complaint I have with the movie. Yes, it was nice, seeing her stand up for herself at the end of the movie, basically telling the bullies off, but in my honest opinion, all of the crap that happened could have been avoided, by just pulling her out from the beginning of the movie, when the bullying started, and just home schooled her for the rest of the school year, or simply moved to a different town, and start over in a new school. Maybe I might be coming off as rude, but to me, it would have been better, if things were handled much differently, when it came to addressing the girl being bullied at all.
Those are my thoughts of the movie, Odd Girl Out, thank you for taking the time, reading my blog article on this. Have a wonderful day.
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