Guidance

Guidance

He's getting an F for Fabulous!

Directed by Pat Mills

Produced by Téléfilm Canada, Edyson Entertainment

201483 min5.6 / 10

A comedic romp about a washed-up former child star faking his way into a guidance counselor role and bonding with students through irreverent, terrible advice.

Fabricating credentials to score a last-ditch job as a high school guidance counsellor, a boozing, drug-addled former child star becomes an improbable hit with his students by dispensing the worst advice possible, in this hilarious reprobate comedy from writer-director-star Pat Mills.

Questions people ask

  • Is Guidance violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Guidance easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is Guidance scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Guidance end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Guidance sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

31/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity67

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise29

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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