Cruel Instruction

What'll happen to those who are left behind in that institution? Amanda and Kayla, when they got their freedom, they forgot the sufferings they had inside that prison. So selfish somehow.

This is a really good movie, I recommend to parents to teach your children better and listen to them

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I thought this film was an exact representation of the real life accounts in places meant to "help" struggling teens, that have happened and are still happening around the world. A good example of this is a place called Trinity Teen Solutions, I have come across countless people on social media sharing their experiences with such a place as Trinity Teen Solutions, and when I began to watch this film Cruel Instruction I had a realisation that almost all punishments and requirements were painstakingly accurate to the accounts of the teens who had suffered at TTS. For some examples the isolation, abuse, strip search, lying about what the patients have done to the parents to keep them out of their bubble, and manipulating them into believing anything their child has or will mention is all an attempt to get out when really it's not, in fact everything they say is horrifyingly the truth, and just because they are still considered "children" and not adults that they have higher rights over them, which is most definitely not true and very very wrong. I am truly glad a movie such as this has been released so these places can be recognised and further taken down. It is against the law, how can any human being be this cruel.

Cruel Instruction is an amazing depiction of life in residential treatment. I didn't expect anything realistic, nor did I anticipate the excellent cast. As many of us may think, this movie (watched on LMN) was a random find for me on my program guide; I set the DVR and thought it would make a good 'while i'm on the elliptical' movie. It was, but I now want everyone to see it. The story follows this beautiful young woman who is truly misunderstood. Her learning differences make school nearly impossible, which seems to reduce her self-esteem. Other students pick right up on that feeling, and of course, bully her. She develops crippling anxiety (very authentically, heartbreakingly portrayed by Kelcey M.) and her parents dismiss her as being disengaged with school. Her school "helpfully" suggests this residential center, a place where she can 'break her bad habits' and also "be surrounded by people just like her!". The parents are fairly decent, with Mom being much more competent than stepdad, who has no idea what mental wellness is. A loving oaf, basically, is what the stepdad is...with a healthy helping of hubris. Moving on: the movie shows Kayla's journey through the horrors of this correctional-pretending-to-be-therapeutic facility. It's definitely extreme. As a person who has been in residential mental health treatment before, I found so much to be authentic; however, the extremes were not present in my experience. In my experience, the measures taken to 'fix' people with mental illness or addictions are draconian, although not all of them are illegal the way that this movie depicts. I truly believe that there is some good to be had in *most* places, but there is so much toxicity, and underhanded sneaky behavior by staff, you just start to feel exactly as Kayla does: convinced that YOU are the problem, and you must have done something wrong along the way to "deserve" to be where you are. The no-talking-to-family rule is real; the rigidity of ridiculous rules is real; the earning of privileges is real, although in my case, they were legitimately necessary because of the nature of my condition. The over-extended treatment time? Real and sadly common. The insurance is maxed before one is released, in most cases. In addition, coping skills and positivity can sometimes be amiss. It depends on the care providers; I was fortunate to have an awesome MD on staff, but 95% of the staff otherwise were horribly incompetent. The more extreme actions of this movie were not experienced in my time; the "obs" room, or the "investment" room; we also did not have to ask permission to cough, but we definitely had the same type of rigid rules. The excuse is "someone along the line abused the privilege of X, so now we cannot have X for anyone." Makes sense, until you realize "X" is using a children's glue stick, or talking together without the 'nanny' in the room. (Some of us are pushing 45 or 50 years old.) Bottom line: I can't begin to say how wonderfully this movie was made; the young women were phenomenal; the two main girls knocked it out of the atmosphere with realism, and the other cast members were excellent. Camryn Mannheim (sp) is incredibly easy to hate, she did such a good job. Watch this movie, but be warned it is uncomfortable with some scenes related to both trauma/suicide, and physical violation of the patients.

Two teenagers are sent away to a Utah institution. Why? Because one got expelled and the other is attending to avoid a stint in juvie. While at said institution, they are put through the ringer by an evil headmistress with questionable behavioral methods. That's the gist of Cruel Instruction. Released in March of this year, Cruel Instruction is a Lifetime Television movie that seems to hark back to the network's golden era (80s/90s). It's like a prison drama that doesn't take place in a prison (it's more of a residential treatment center). The young girl personas featured walk on eggshells throughout and almost need permission to breathe. You the viewer will harbor the same feeling even though "Instruction" feels the want to cut corners (in effective storyboard editing, character development, and overall diegesis). Camryn Manheim and Kelcey Mawema star in "Instruction" as a Nurse Ratched type (Miss Connie) and a shy, misunderstood 15-year-old (Kayla Adams). Their performances are good and they undoubtedly anchor the film. But like a lot of goings-on in Cruel Instruction, their ending fates seem cryptic and all for naught. I mean did Connie eventually go to the slammer? And what the heck is Kayla going to do with her life after being thrown out of high school? Cruel Instruction is longer in length than your typical Lifetime-r (maybe it was the commercials). Pretty much everyone in it (that includes the jugged love interest, the treatment center bully, the parents, the orderlies) fades in and out while being almost totally paradoxical. Sure Cruel Instruction lays out the blueprint of damaged youth. Sure the film's military school environment seems cold (and harsh) and sure, everyone's popping meds without seeing much daylight. But does "Instruction" actually push the envelope? Nah. It's disturbing in parts but fails to reach the heights of say something like When You Remember Me (a confinement TV vehicle from the beginning of The Good Decade starring Fred Savage). "Cruel instruction manual".