Lifeguard

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Brad G Sun, surf, beautiful bodies, Cali..it has it all! Including dated misogynistic themes! As a look back in time or perhaps the need for a sunny respite during a cold winter Sunday..it's awesome! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/23 Full Review Robert L This movie has aged very well--much like its star, Sam Elliot! All the performances are delicate and believable--especially that of the (then) 22-year-old Kathleen Quinlan, who plays a much younger, sweet, naïve teenager. Her portrayal of puppy love angst is so emotionally tearful, you melt with her innocent grief at the ending of her first love. The film's themes--centering mainly on the American experience of early middle-age confusion over the sudden, unexpected, and always-unlooked-for loss of feckless youth, rings truer than most films that try to portray that painfully nostalgic feeling of having "aged out," no matter where it comes in the course of a human life span. It is also one of those rare cinematic dramas that is neither dark nor comic, yet feels close to the heart of anyone--and that's most of us--whose life has not gone as planned, or has not been very much planned at all. No guns, no car chases, no zombies, no grand conspiracies--and perhaps most surprisingly--no great spiritual revelations, either. There's maybe a little too much titillating nudity (very seventies, that) but otherwise it's a good, solid film about life, love, missed chances and everyday loss. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/28/22 Full Review robert f Just watched this on Hulu, I saw it at the theaters when I was a boy. Two things struck me watching this today...first, it's amazing that this film was PG!! There is enough nudity to make it R rated by today's standards and the fact that Sam Elliott's character has sex with a 17-year-old is basically pedophilia. The other thing is how unlikable Elliott's character really is. It is probably the main reason the film flopped, got bad reviews and didn't push him to the sex symbol level of Burt Reynolds. It brings back memories and fun to see the heavy 70's era style but really a silly melodrama about a guy having a midlife crisis at 30 years old. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Because it remind me of back in the day Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Former beach life guard until I was 28 and went back to college. TOTALLY relate. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Love this movie, saw it as a kid and thought lifeguard was greatest job, modeled young adulthood after movie, saw it again later as an adult....damn did miss the point of the movie when I was a kid Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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