Indeed it is.
The writing is abysmal. Nobody acts like normal people do and whoever wrote it obviously doesn't understand teens or even adults for that matter. The dialogue is so badly written it evokes unintentional laughs out of disbelief.
Absolutely no reason is given why Lindsay hates Taylor. Bullies don't just pick victims randomly and proceeds to bully them endlessly with really silly allegations. She claims that Taylor is a slut. Did she have plenty of boyfriends? Did she sleep with any of them? Did she happen to sleep with some boy who happened to already have a girlfriend unbeknownst to Taylor? No. Had the movie at least have Taylor make some mistake or do something foolish while being drunk it would be undestandable why somebody like Lindsay would make others want to hate her. Where there's smoke there's fire, in this movie there's just smoke out of nowhere.
Taylor is pretty much a goody two-shoes that has no discernible flaws and has neither domestic problems nor learning problems in school. She doesn't smoke in secret, try alcohol at a party or admire some bad-boy in school who ends up using her. She is no teen-rebel who is very vocal about her beliefs and thereby ends up alienating herself from her peers. She is so bland she'd be the last any bully would pick to make fun of.
Bullies prey on the vulnerable, already emotionally damaged and socially outcast. It's understandable how a homosexual or abused would be seen as somebody "odd".
Some girls feel threatened by rivals who steal the attention from their friends and in worst case their boyfriends. Such queen bees will do what they can to remain on top. Taylor wasn't in any way involved with those who were in Lindsay's sphere or was in any way a threat to her "position". There simply is no reason she would notice Taylor let alone decide to make fun of her.
Like somebody have said: Taylor is so incredibly stupid and reckless that many actually feel she deserves to be "bullied" (a few mean words online WOW).
Here's something this made-for-tv travesty misses. Even bullies are people and some of them can have their own problems at home or other issues. Others can even be loyal to their friends and seem like a decent person outward but show bullying tendencies to others they don't like for whatever reason.
Lindsay is just a one-dimensional villainess the way a ten year old would describe her.
Since this movie takes itself seriously indeed the whole thing ends up an unintentional black comedy.
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