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Released Year: 2013
Runtime: 98 minutes
Directors: Liz W. Garcia
Writers: Liz W. Garcia
Casts: Martin Starr, Joe Fishel, Kristen Bell, Lisa Ann Goldsmith, Joshua Harto, Amy Madigan, Alex Shaffer, Mamie Gummer, John Finn, David Lambert, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Cody Hartman, Tom Kondilas, Marty Landry
IMDB: The Lifeguard (2013)
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(26 votes, average: 2.96 out of 5)
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New York Daily News -
The Lifeguard is one of those deceptive movies that, to its credit, winds up being about more than just an easy-to-describe tagline. In this case, that line would be: “Woman goes back to hometown, sleeps with high school boy.”
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The Dissolve -
Bell is too inherently sympathetic to turn Leigh into a credibly flawed protagonist, and first-time writer-director Liz W. Garcia seems more interested in indulging the fantasy of the jailbait fling than in seriously interrogating her heroine’s psyche.
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The A.V. Club -
Like its lead character, The Lifeguard is stuck in a rut. After establishing Bell’s frustration within the first five minutes, the movie continually reiterates it.
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Boston Globe -
Writer-director Liz W. Garcia depicts Leigh’s quandary with a heavy hand that gets heavier as the movie goes on, ending with one of those portentous freeze-frames that worked in “The 400 Blows” and never since.
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Variety -
Lambert brings a forlorn dimension to his seductive young role, but Bell never really convinces as the older woman. Despite flirting with controversy, the actress seems reluctant to plunge fully into potential unlikability, nor does the film quite give her the chance.
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The Lifeguard (2013)
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
The Lifeguard (2013)
(26 votes, average: 2.96 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 2013
Runtime: 98 minutes
Directors: Liz W. Garcia
Writers: Liz W. Garcia
Casts: Martin Starr, Joe Fishel, Kristen Bell, Lisa Ann Goldsmith, Joshua Harto, Amy Madigan, Alex Shaffer, Mamie Gummer, John Finn, David Lambert, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Cody Hartman, Tom Kondilas, Marty Landry
IMDB: The Lifeguard (2013)
Storyline
A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.
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Reviews
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New York Daily News -
The Lifeguard is one of those deceptive movies that, to its credit, winds up being about more than just an easy-to-describe tagline. In this case, that line would be: “Woman goes back to hometown, sleeps with high school boy.”
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The Dissolve -
Bell is too inherently sympathetic to turn Leigh into a credibly flawed protagonist, and first-time writer-director Liz W. Garcia seems more interested in indulging the fantasy of the jailbait fling than in seriously interrogating her heroine’s psyche.
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The A.V. Club -
Like its lead character, The Lifeguard is stuck in a rut. After establishing Bell’s frustration within the first five minutes, the movie continually reiterates it.
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Boston Globe -
Writer-director Liz W. Garcia depicts Leigh’s quandary with a heavy hand that gets heavier as the movie goes on, ending with one of those portentous freeze-frames that worked in “The 400 Blows” and never since.
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Variety -
Lambert brings a forlorn dimension to his seductive young role, but Bell never really convinces as the older woman. Despite flirting with controversy, the actress seems reluctant to plunge fully into potential unlikability, nor does the film quite give her the chance.
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