Review of Guarding Tess (1994) by Nicole H — 19 Jun 2007

I've never been able to catch the whole movie but I really enjoyed what I have seen. Shirley MacLaine was spectacular...as usual!

This review of Guarding Tess (1994) was written by Nicole H on 19 Jun 2007.

Guarding Tess has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Jul 2011

We have seen it before: The movie throws together two individuals (Shirley Maclaine and Nicolas Cage) who could not have been more different…

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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 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 Quentin Curtis (115) for Independent on Sunday (201) on 07 Dec 2017

Too often Guarding Tess feels like a sketch towards a movie…

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By Malcolm Johnson (219) for Hartford Courant (284) on 05 Jun 2018

Maclaine's performance as Tess Carlisle, which shifts from polite witchiness to lonely, mildly boozy poignancy, adds up to the only real reason…

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By Jeremy F (269) on 13 Dec 2010

I'm not usually a fan of Nicolas Cage, but he works wonderfully with Shirley MacLaine…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 May 2012

What counts is the comic tension between MacLaine and Cage. It's so well done, it doesn't matter how dumb things get…

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This is an unexpected pearl of a movie…

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By Jason B (1,741) on 19 Jun 2010

Nick Cage being Nick Cage, but a good time waster movie that is entertaining. Enjoyed it. Shirley Maclaine was great and I liked the dynamic…

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