Odd Girl Out (DVD, 2006)

This movie was purchased because my daughter was told about it at school. She said it was recommended to her.

She loved it because it showed her how to handle mean bullies and how when it comes your way and how to recognize it. She also said there was only one negative she can think of about it and that was she hoped it would have been a bit longer showing other different instructions and bully examples and how to handle that behavior to try and defuse it when it arose and how to come out the winner in that situation.

After she watched the DVD she said she enjoyed it and also said it impacted her because she could relate to the story in her own life from an incident in her past. It also gave her some views as to how to be careful in her daily living and some examples of ways to handle certain circumstances should they come up in her daily life.

She said she would definitely recommend it to others. It was helpful for her to see others had similar bully problems.

Odd Girl Out takes you into a Middle School environment where a girl becomes an outsider over rumors. These rumors become worse and worse, eventually making the girl a total outsider. I feel that this movie will show all young girls how silly some arguments really are. I think that it will make all children think twice before treating someone poorly. A young girl turns to extreme measures and almost loses her life because of the way the other students are treating her. Many young children come home crying everyday because of the way they are treated by their peers, every parent and child should watch this film and discuss it together. This movie can prevent many children from being bullied or becoming bullied themselves. I give this movie an A++++

This movie is very good. It has drama, pain, and humor all in one. Some parts are a little cheesy but overrall the movie was good! The movie was scheduled for release on the 10th of January but I was at kmart and saw it last night. I had to get it. It was a good movie with a great ending. You must see it. And im sure if you think if your high school or junior high years, you can relate to at least one part in the movie.....I give it 5 stars! :D!

--Michael

I seen part of the movie and wanted to finish it. with the way the world is today it so hit it on the nail. It shows exactly how cruel kids can be, all I can say is it is a great movie. Keep check on your kids and make sure THEY ARE NOT DOING THIS THEMSELVES, also they are not having it done to them!

I speak to groups on relational aggression which is the kind of emotional bullying that goes on in this movie. It has wonderful examples of ignoring, cyber-bullying, exclusion and several other types of relational aggression in it. I would recommend mothers watching this with their 12 to 14 year old daughters just to get the conversation going about this type of bullying that usually flies under the radar. Girls need to feel like they can talk to someone if this is happening to them. I have two beefs with this movie: The ending was hokey. Behavioral change on this kind of bullying doesn't come quickly and doesn't end with the target telling the aggressor off. The target was a little too innocent, too. In most cases, given the opportunity and power-base, the target would do the same thing to the aggressor. No one is innocent in real life. Just power-hungry. True change comes when the kids in the middle--the ones watching this on the sidelines--step up and interrupt what is going on and call it what it is...bullying. It will also end when mothers quit teaching their daughters to act this way. I've seen adults do pretty much the same thing in the workplace. This gossipy back-biting has to stop somewhere. The first thing we need to all do is recognize that we do it at times, and apologize. Then tell our daughters about our bad behavior and tell that we apologized. Good role-modeling goes a LONG way.

my daughter has been looking for this movie for quite a while. she says it is a great movie. great story line and characters.

My daughters and I watched this movie on Lifetime and thought it was great. Alexa Vega portrays a teenage girl, who is being bullied, perfectly! This movie also opened up a great dialogue between my daughters and I about what goes on in school and different problems that teens face today. The plot and the acting are awesome!

That there is an in crowd at high school and if they dont like you they can make your life miserable,but you don't need to be in the crowd to stand up for yourself.The movie helped my daughter learn how her last grade of high school
may not be so good but to stand up for herself.That's why I purchased the dvd.

THis is a perfect example of the effects of bullying on young adolescents. I bought it after viewing this movie several months ago with my own daughter on TV. I work in a middle school and was looking at a dramatic way to show the students the effect their behavior has on others. The only problem is the language used. I wish there was a way to have the same movie without the few cuss words as I will have to work around them to utilize this in my teaching. Excellent product otherwise.

Every teenage girl should see this movie. Parents should be required to see this movie. It is very informative and could change a lot of hurt in our kids.

I have seen it on Lift Time Movie network and I think its a movie any parent should watch with there teenage daughter. Its a movie where a girl is jellouse of another girl so she went ruin her life. By sprending lies about her and getting her best friend against her and a lot of other kids.

one of the best movie I have seen about peer pressure I also gave this video to my grandaughter Her mother watched it first and has not shown it to gd,yet.