The Guide to the Perfect Family

The Guide to the Perfect Family (French: Le Guide de la famille parfaite) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2021.^[1] The film stars Louis Morissette and Catherine Chabot as Martin Dubois and Marie-Soleil Blouin, a married couple with a tendency toward helicopter parenting. This creates problems for Rose (Émilie Bierre), Louis's 16-year-old daughter from his prior marriage to Caroline (Isabelle Guérard).^[2]

The Guide to the Perfect Family
Film poster
French	Le Guide de la famille parfaite
Directed by	Ricardo Trogi
Written by	François Avard Jean-François Léger Louis Morissette
Produced by	Louis-Philippe Drolet Félize Frappier
Starring	Louis Morissette Catherine Chabot Émilie Bierre Isabelle Guérard
Cinematography	Geneviève Perron
Edited by	Yvann Thibaudeau
Music by	Frédéric Bégin
Production company	KO24
Distributed by	Les Films Opale Netflix
Release date	July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film premiered theatrically in Quebec on July 14, 2021.^[3] It was acquired by Netflix for international distribution.^[4]

In its year-end review of Canadian film and television in 2021, the trade magazine Playback ranked it as the Film of the Year.^[5]