Guidance (2014)

Guidance: Directed by Pat Mills. With Pat Mills, Zahra Bentham, Kevin Hanchard, Tracey Hoyt. 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.

“I like Judd Apatow movies. They are offensive comedies, characters are over the top. They are a cartoon of real life. By comparison, say.. an Adam Sandler or Dana Carvey movie is more of a full on fantasy cartoon of real life. In u0026quot;Guidanceu0026quot;, we have something more subtle. You get the eccentric funny character- in a real life setting. The whole world is transformed by one believable eccentric figure. This is a relatively obscure film- not a lot of votes, itu0026#39;s Canadian. When considering spending an hour or two of my life watching a film- I care that it have some substance, that it be amusing perhaps, that it be shot well, I donu0026#39;t want crappy immature work of the camera. I want good actors, I want a good story. This movie has it all. I was shocked by how fun it was. Iu0026#39;m delighted that I chose to watch this movie last night with my darling. Try this movie for ten minutes, before you know it- the biggest regret will be that eventually the movie ends.”