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By Eric Hynes (189) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Aug 2013

This drama is as listless and self-regarding as its protagonist, flitting among underdeveloped characters and subplots and indulging in rote…

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By Ernest Hardy (466) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Aug 2013

From concept to execution to tone, writer-director Liz W. Garcia's The Lifeguard is a lifeless misfire…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 Aug 2013

The film heroically stretches out its governing water metaphor to a point that allows it to best Garden State's Guinness World Record for most…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Aug 2013

[VIDEO ESSAY] In spite of its ragged edges, The Lifeguard captures an essence of alienation in America whose future resembles a dark abyss,…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 07 Aug 2013

Doesn't exactly win points for originality, but it is affecting all the same, scripted with care and showing that Kristen Bell is fully capable…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 05 Aug 2013

Bell is too inherently sympathetic to turn Leigh into a credibly flawed protagonist, and first-time writer-director Liz W…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Jul 2013

Surprisingly for a writer turned director, the most evident shortcomings with Garcia’s feature originate with the script…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Jul 2013

Lambert brings a forlorn dimension to his seductive young role, but Bell never really convinces as the older woman…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 30 Jan 2013

The Lifeguard is a painfully dull (alleged) drama utterly lacking in originality or self-awareness…

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