Guarding Tess

  • 1994


MOVIE IS entertaining domineering unsentimental easygoing
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44 %
59 % Rotten
$ 27 Million
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Positive Reviews 8
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.3/5
entertaining domineering unsentimental easygoing

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3.5
Theres something lulling about this story, something comfy about the easygoing interaction between MacLaine and Cage: MacLaine is so very post Madame .. EW
3.0
Director Wilson recognizes the power of his players and gives them plenty of room to shine. Austin Chronicle
1.5
Cage is on best behaviour here, but hes not an especially sympathetic performer. Time Out
4.4
Sometimes you can hear an entire relationship reflected in the intonation of a single word.At the beginning of Guarding Tess, a man carries a tray ups .. Rogerebert
5.0
Guarding Tess stars Shirley MacLaine as a domineering and reclusive former First Lady who has a seven man Secret Service detail looking after her. Spirituality And Practice
2.0
MacLaine brings to the stony faced old crone not a trace of sentimentality, but not much humour either. Independent
2.0
And the bottom line is that both Geena Davis and Shirley MacLaine deserve much better star vehicles. Emanuellevy
2.5
Most of Guarding Tess is mannered comedy, focused on the redoubtable MacLaine and the tensile Cage. Washington Post
5.0
What counts is the comic tension between MacLaine and Cage. Its so well done, it doesnt matter how dumb things get. Washington Post
2.5
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
3.8
And though the film wraps up nicely, this entire subplot strained my patience. Deseret News
3.8
While not liable to change anybodys life, GUARDING TESS is competently executed and entertaining, chiefly due to the first rate performances of stars .. Movies Tv Guide
3.8
Many people find that corny, but I dont.Why should every film be about how life sucks Montreal Film Journal
1.5
Maclaines performance as Tess Carlisle, which shifts from polite witchiness to lonely, mildly boozy poignancy, adds up to the only real reason to see .. Hartford Courant



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