Amy Weber/ Photo from Radish Creative

Amy Weber's fictional, but realistic film on bullying, "A Girl Like Her,"opens nationally on Friday, Royal Oak Patch reports.

Weber wrote the script and directed the movie that's being released by her company, the Radish Creative Group of Royal Oak, Beth Dalbey of Patch reports.

Most of the movie was shot at Birmingham’s Seaholm High School in 2012, Patch reports.

Sheri Linden of the Hollywood Reporter writes:

Putting a contemporary spin on the issue movie, writer-director Amy S. Weber has made what is essentially an inventively dramatized public service announcement against bullying. Through the not always plausible device of a film-within-a-film, A Girl Like Her examines the harassment of one high-schooler by another, viewing events and their extreme aftermath from multiple perspectives.

The two young female leads, exceptionally well cast, deliver strong performances, and the drama benefits from Weber’s interest in understanding rather than demonizing the bully. Opening in major markets across the U.S. and boosted by a promotional campaign on instant-messaging service Kik Interactive, the film will resonate with teens and is sure to start conversations.

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