Cruel Instruction

Cruel Instruction

PG-13 2022 · 85 min · ★ 6.9 · TV Movie, Thriller, Drama

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.

Directed by Stanley M. Brooks · Written by Adrienne Rush

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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

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