The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down

The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down

A real life guide to sex, drugs, & bad behavior.

Directed by Paul Sapiano

Produced by Concrete Images, Big Primpin Productions

200792 min5.8 / 10

A high-energy, tongue-in-cheek comedy that uses mock-documentary techniques to satirize the hedonistic nightlife culture of young Angelenos.

Tongue-in-cheek look at 20-something singles clubbing and partying in L.A. Voice-over narration, charts and graphs, and visits to a research laboratory punctuate the story of a single night when groups of friends go out, drink alcohol, take drugs, dance and talk, and look for someone to go home with.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down easy watching? 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.

47/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity83

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise59

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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