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Title: Guidance (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Pat Mills | ... | David Gold | |
| Zahra Bentham | ... | Jabrielle Crain | |
| Kevin Hanchard | ... | Principal Newman | |
| Tracey Hoyt | ... | Brenda | |
| David Tompa | ... | Scott Howell | |
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David Wontner | ... | Desmond |
| Eleanor Zichy | ... | Rhonda Langdon | |
| Alex Ozerov | ... | Brent 'Ghost' Wark | |
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Laytrel McMullen | ... | Nisha |
| Ian Matthews | ... | Mr. Schlitz | |
| Jen Goodhue | ... | Mrs. Schlitz | |
| Allison Hossack | ... | Ginny | |
| Maria Vacratsis | ... | Ms. Kim | |
| Timm Zemanek | ... | Mr. Ball | |
| Jane Moffat | ... | Andrea Simms | |
David Gold, a former child actor with a modicum of fame from that time, is now a thirty-something burnt out shell of a human being. An overgrown adolescent with a warped sense of reality and of his life (including not being sexually active, he probably a repressed homosexual, being gay which most people just assume about him upon meeting), he's broke, can't keep any job due largely to his excessive drinking, has long severed ties with his parents and has just done so with his older sister Ginny in her pleas for him to get professional help for his psychological issues, and is on the brink of being homeless unless he immediately comes up with back rent. On top of everything, he is in denial about a potentially life threatening medical diagnosis. To get rent money and as he feels his purpose in life is to help teenagers being one emotionally himself, he, "borrowing" the identity of a real life counselor he finds online, applies for an immediately need to be filled high school counselor ... Written by Huggo
Pat Mills is a talented funny guy. I had never of him prior to reading about this film on Rotten Tomatoes where they have a great section showcasing films that are currently on Netflix. It sounded interesting and it turned out to be really funny.
Mills plays a former child star with all the clichéd dysfunctional attributes that go with that curse. He apparently has first hand experience, because when I looked him up I discovered that he began his career as a child on a Nickelodeon show,
Mills character David, lies to get his job and then begins doling out the worst advice possible. It all turns out funnier than it should be. At one point the school Administrator's discover his lies and his actions and the film takes a different much less successful turn. I think Mills makes some really bad choices at this point with the character including his turning on his students.
Look, odds are if you watch this close to the date of this post, you are going to go into it with few expectations, and you are very likely to be happily surprised. Almost gave it a 7 due to the weak final act, but gave it an 8 for its' uniqueness.