Emily Osment

Kay Panabaker

Meaghan Rath

Kelly Rowan

Jon McLaren

Robert Naylor

Nastassia Markiewicz

Jade Hassouné

Caroline Redekopp

Ivan Smith

Ronda Louis-Jeune

John Maclaren

Marcel Jeannin

Bruce Dinsmore

Danny Blanco Hall

Tyrone Benskin

Paula Jean Hixson

Kathleen Fee

Katelyn Wells

Jenessa Grant

Jessica Harris

Jonathan Dubsky

Mighty Swag

Joel S. Rice

Jesse Prupas

Janet Campbell

Linda Gordon

Mona Medawar

Don Terry

Simon Webb

Michael Prupas

Stéphane Jacques

Paul Duchesne

Pierre Gill

Daniel Chrétien

Colleen Hanafin

Patricia Christie

Geoffroy St-Hilaire

James Gelfand

Sandrine Gros d'Aillon

Roman Martyn

Larysa Chernienko

André Ratelle

Evan Tussman

Philippe Espantoso

Michel Lecoufle

Betty Palik

Guy Aumond

Charles Binamé

Jean-Charles Claveau

Andrea Kenyon

Stacey Levy

Randi Wells

Elbina Oulmacheva

Steven Gurman

Peter Lopata

Drama

TV Movie

Cyberbully

Muse Entertainment

Canada

Digital Dangers.

Cyberbully is directed by Charles Biname and written by Teena Booth. It stars Emily Osment, Kay Panabaker, Kelly Rowan, Jon McLaren, Meaghan Rush and Natassia Markiewicz.

This is a TV movie of some note, Cyberbully, as the title suggests, deals with the prevalent problem of on line bullying. Story has Osment as Taylor Hillridge, she's your everyday high school teenager, she's pretty, has good friends and is getting interested in boys. Finally deciding to join the internet revolution, she signs up to a site called Cliquester, a place where loads of cool kids hang and chat their time away. Things are going well, the boy she fancies in school is reciprocating her advances and she's met a guy pal on Cliquester who seems to really dig her. But then the guy she's chatting with turns nasty and pretty soon Taylor's life at school becomes a living hell…

It's an after school special with more mature flavours, a picture of serious themes that's accessible to parents and children in that it instigates important discussion. It's certainly not perfect, it stays a little too safe and even stretches credibility during the key scenes, but it tells its story well, makes the points with clarity of narrative and is very well performed by the sprightly young cast. Though unsurprisingly inferior to David Schwimmer's excellent 2010 movie, Trust, Cyberbully makes a good companion piece to that film. These are important movies that drive home the dangers that lurk on internet sites and forums, and thankfully they are being produced with care and consideration of the topics to hand. 

Could the script and screenplay be much better? Absolutely. But if just one family watches this and manages to sift through problems or potential dangers...then it has done its job. 7/10

English

Cyberbully (2011) Trailer