Review of Guarding Tess (1994) by Shannon P — 21 Jan 2008

It is a sweet, humble film with great acting by MacLaine.

This review of Guarding Tess (1994) was written by Shannon P on 21 Jan 2008.

Guarding Tess has generally received mixed reviews.

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By James M (2,946) on 28 Apr 2010

There's a touching and funny chemistry between the two leads, aside from that it's quite an average movie…

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By Camille L (1,034) on 17 Apr 2016

Guarding Tess est une comédie dramatique sur un garde du corps bien trop diplômé pour veiller sur la Première Dame des USA…

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By Bryan W (959) on 17 Jan 2011

In essence, merely a Presidential version of Driving Miss Daisy…

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By Carolyn C (92) on 12 Jan 2016

A charming if fantastical seriocomedy, and that's its only problem…

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By Stuart K (1,373) on 09 Oct 2013

A not-very-funny Nick Cage comedy. I wanted Raising Arizona, but this was more Driving Miss Daisy…

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By Allen G (306) on 19 Feb 2013

It's so typical that I'm not going to spend much time on it…

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By Sanity Assassin ! (607) on 06 May 2014

Nick Cage is solid in it as a incensed bodyguard driven mad by the crazy whims of the ex-first lady…

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By Christopher S (2,154) on 08 Mar 2012

Like the role itself, Cage is clearly in service here to a fabled but fading star, and he seldom slips on that second banana…

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By Zak S (177) on 11 Mar 2011

OK, I'm going to be honest. I watched this because there was a really funny scene from it in the game Scene It…

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By Bengel W (473) on 24 Sep 2013

Shirley MacLaine as a former first lady will have you in stitches of laughter as she treats Nicholas Cage with tasks that do not belong to…

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