Film

Cruel Instruction

2022 · 1h 25m · TV Movie · Thriller · Drama

IMDb

6.5

The story of 16-year-old Kayla Adams, whose mother, Karen is advised by the school’s counselor to send Kayla to get treatment at a youth residential treatment center after she gets expelled from school. Kayla arrives at the Utah facility on the same day as her roommate Amanda, a treatment program veteran who knows exactly what the girls were in for. Led by headmistress Miss Connie, the staff uses draconian methods including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line. After being pushed to their limits and stripped of their lifelines, including any ability to freely communicate with the outside world, the two young women must band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.

Kelcey Mawema

Kayla Adams

Morgan Taylor Campbell

Amanda Scheff

Camryn Manheim

Miss Connie

Cynthia Bailey

Karen Adams

Jason Gray-Stanford

Mr. Seckerling

Calder Stewart

Bryce

Sydney Scotia

Maggie

Genea Charpentier

Lindsay

Nicole Muñoz

Sofia

Mackenzie Murdock

Trent

Megan Grant

Hilary

Julia Benson

Carly Scheff

Viv Leacock

Ray Adams

Tiernan Hickson

Dawn

Sidney Quesnelle

Ashley

Lea Matina

Juanita

• Stanley M. BrooksDirector · Executive Producer
• Adrienne RushWriter
• Kevin LeslieProducer
• Jonathan ShoreExecutive Producer
• Craig BaumgartenExecutive Producer
• Shawn WilliamsonExecutive Producer
• Fernando SzewExecutive Producer
• Jamie GoehringExecutive Producer
• Trevor McWhinneyExecutive Producer
• Amy BellingDirector of Photography

Release date

March 12, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

TV Movie, Thriller, Drama