It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I found this film to be really enjoyable. It's not fantastic but it is a really good film with a great plot, neat well written and engaging characters and a great plot which draws you and keeps you watching and there's never a dull moment in this film. It's very accurate in its portrayal of bullying and how much it can affect the victim and have bad consequences for the perpetrator. The film basically revolves around a bullied kid called Darren Mullet who having had enough of being bullied by a group of bullies led by Bradley White(Alex Pettyfer) he hangs himself. Though it doesn't bother most of the other kids because he was a loser and no one liked him. The bullies later then throw a party and hey start receiving threatening text messages from Darren Mullet which freaked them out since he's dead. Then over the course of the nest couple of days accidents begin to happen and the bullies keep on getting texts from the supposedly dead Mullet and one by one the bullies are getting killed but at the same time head girl Justine has joined the bullies group and it seems she might be connected with all this. All in all a really enjoyable fun slasher horror with brutal deaths a great plot, Marvellous acting from the cast and a more than decent script. A solid 6/10

After watching this film, I'm still not sure if the title, Tormented, refers to the students of the featured High School, or the audience that had to sit through this film. Tormented is one of these films that has a deeper meaning, but it takes it's message to such extremes, that it becomes completely obsolete. Tormented is actually an anti-bullying film, that features an obese teenager, that has committed suicide after years of abuse. Instead of focusing on the ones left behind, the story instead focuses on the popular kids, who continue to "torment" the kid after he's gone, that is until his ghost shows up looking for revenge. The story isn't the worst idea I've ever heard of, but the film was so fake and over the top that it just ruined all it's credibility. Tormented features a fully functional ghost, with emotions, who gruesomely kills people. The special effects that show him as a ghost and the ridiculous amounts of kool-aid blood, were just some of the worst I've ever seen. Magic Mike's Alex Pettyfer stars as the bully and much like the rest of the cast, is far too old to be playing a high school student. Films like this are low budget, and I understand they need a person of name in order to be recognized, but I've always felt that they should cast real teenagers, and give them a chance at breaking into the business, rather than have the roles played by actors that are pushing thirty! Tormented is exactly how you'll feel as this film plays to the lowest common denominator, assuming that only ignorant people are going to watch it. They'll do things like call the victim, Shrek and show goth kids who think it's cool that he killed himself. Tormented is not funny, scary, or anything but a complete waste of time.

Short and sweet review.So there are have been numerous cases of teen suicide in the news over the last few years. No one likes bullies, but does that make it okay to murder them in cold blood.The characters: The characters were alright, they seamed to bully just because they saw it as a joke. They weren't psychotic, or evil. They were just stupid kids having "fun". Justine was a half way decent character, she was hurtful without realizing it. Marcus was somewhat likable idiot. Bradley reminded me Travis Van Winkle, you know he always plays the douche bag, they were almost identical. And that's all I remember of them.The Mullet: Now this guy comes off as more of a psychopath. From what I made of this character, he was a creeper. He seamed to have an unhealthy obsession with Justine, even though clearly he should leave it alone and be contempt with his situation. Teens don't understand that being bullied in high school is awe full, but it will pass. I doubt he would have got over it with his introverted and shy way of being. Kids see him as a easy target, I don't know, maybe he should have done something about it. I don't understand teenagers, so I don't know what I am trying to say without offending sensitive people. Be tough, is all I can say.People knew better than to mess with me, where as if people messed with a weaker person, they would have no resistance. You gotta be one MEEANNN Mutha to make it in these type of situations.The theme: So the theme is, if your being bullied, fantasize about how you'll kill them. I mean, these bullies were clearly terrified the whole time. Teach them a lesson, assert dominance, don't brutally stalk and murder them. I never faced bullying, so I can't speak for the subject.Overall, the movie poorly made, especially about such a touchy and serious subject matter. The film is too comedic and upbeat, it doesn't work or convey any positive message. And quite possibly made by someone who experienced such treatment, and had such thoughts.

Somewhere in England, distraught and disheveled Tuppence Middleton (as Justine Fielding) is led out of school by the police. What this young woman is doing in school, and what happened to Ms. Middleton, is a mystery. Next, we flashback to "5 days earlier." A seemingly popular, pretty Middleton is delivering the eulogy for overweight, asthmatic Calvin Dean (as Darren "Shrek" Mullet). Mr. Dean committed suicide after extensive bullying at Fairview High School. His only friend was apparently Olly Alexander (as Jason Banks), who helps the cast by looking like he could be actually in high school. Middleton is called the "Head Girl"...(The term "Head Girl" is used to describe a prominent pupil in the UK. I looked it up)...Middleton hadn't noticed big Dean, who desired Middleton while he was alive. She is more aroused by Dimitri Leonidas (as Alex). Everyone made the deceased's life miserable, with handsome blond Alex Pettyfer (as Bradley White) and sexily nasty girlfriend April Pearson (as Natasha Cummings) leading the pack. With a knack for piercing and chopping off body parts, Dean returns from the dead to seek his bloody revenge. "Tormented" is your standard student revenge with gory intent movie. It's interesting due to the British setting and a humorous edge; plus, it moves briskly under Jon Wright's direction. Too bad the film is heartless.***** Tormented (5/22/09) Jon Wright ~ Tuppence Middleton, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean, Alex Pettyfer