Guidance

Name: Guidance
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 21, 2015
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 66

2015

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: August 21, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: David Gold, 36, a pathologically immature former child actor, has never been able to get over high school. Recently diagnosed with skin cancer, unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor. Quickly winning over the students at Grusin High with his laidback attitude andDavid Gold, 36, a pathologically immature former child actor, has never been able to get over high school. Recently diagnosed with skin cancer, unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor. Quickly winning over the students at Grusin High with his laidback attitude and similar interests, he befriends Jabrielle, a teenaged outcast and soon learns that sometimes you can go too far, especially when it comes to committing a ridiculous crime. [Strand Releasing]… Expand

Director: Pat Mills

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Gary Goldstein

Aug 27, 2015

Mills peppers his fresh script with an assortment of throwaway lines, kooky character beats and off-kilter emotional truths. That he packs so much memorable silliness into one 80-minute film is quite the feat. Sequel, please. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Aug 20, 2015

Mr. Mills (drawing on his own experiences and doing triple duty as the director and screenwriter) gives a performance of rancid single-mindedness. It’s a fearlessly unsympathetic role that provides plenty of space for train-wreck humor but almost no wiggle room for redemption. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Aug 17, 2015

The modest pic’s laughs get bigger as it goes along, and so does its surprising warmth. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 17, 2015

An enjoyable entry into the swelling ranks of corrupt-the-youth comedies. Read full review

Abby Garnett

Aug 18, 2015

The crime-spree-driven final third feels more like a sordid movie of the week than the sprightly comedy that preceded it. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Aug 17, 2015

The film is not significant, but it is principled and sweetly subversive. And, like high school, if you’re not careful, you might just learn something from it. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Aug 17, 2015

The unapologetic lack of political correctness never goes beyond a one-dimensional and tentative provocation. Read full review

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geedup

Dec 18, 2015

Watching the trailer I thought this would be sort of a "thoughtless, laugh at all the stupid, far fetched antics" type of movie. And in some respects it was. But, it became more than I expected, looming away from a comedy movie into an introspective, self-affirming monologue of a guy tryingWatching the trailer I thought this would be sort of a "thoughtless, laugh at all the stupid, far fetched antics" type of movie. And in some respects it was. But, it became more than I expected, looming away from a comedy movie into an introspective, self-affirming monologue of a guy trying to find himself amid alcoholism, confused sexuality, family crisis, kid stardom and "now what comes next. in life." But don't get me wrong there is more blank spots and disconjointedness than could have been if allowed proper writing. As it is, its an interesting watch with a few chuckles.… Expand

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