Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Cyberbully scores 5.5/10 across five categories — strongest on Acting (Above Average), weakest on Plot (Below Average).
A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.
Cyberbully (2011) tackles a then-timely topic of online harassment with some earnestness, and Emily Osment delivers a committed performance that elevates the material. However, the plot is fairly predictable and heavy-handed in its messaging, hitting familiar after-school-special beats without much nuance. The cinematography is functional TV-movie fare with little visual ambition. The ending feels rushed and overly tidy, undercutting the gravity of the subject matter. Novelty gets a slight bump for addressing cyberbullying before it became a fully saturated topic in popular media, giving it a degree of cultural currency at the time of release.