A simple, predictable, and formulaic action flick.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020

The Guardian is ultimately a by the numbers movie that failed to hit big at the box office, seemingly lost to time. Various elements seem dated or unintentionally hilarious.

| Feb 6, 2020

When I left the theater, it was with not only newfound knowledge and respect for the men and women of our Coast Guard, but with a wave of excitement from the sheer excellence and entertainment of the film.

| Nov 6, 2019

As tiresome as it is drawn out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2018

There's nothing particularly wrong with it, it's just very tedious. Originality doesn't seem to be important and maybe it doesn't have to be as The Guardian is dealing with something true but what that something is the filmmakers seem to know.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 22, 2011

| Original Score: 3/10 | Feb 9, 2011

"The Guardian" is a pro-military propaganda movie from Hollywood that attempts to mask its agenda behind the life-saving rhetoric of Coast Guard rescue swimmers.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 25, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2008

There is a breadth of quality about the acting, including a fine performance from Sela Ward as Ben's estranged wife - making a lot more of her role than her meagre scripting suggests.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 7, 2007

Overly bloated action drama that is predictable and drawn out.

| Sep 16, 2007

Will definitely rescue some moviegoers from the post-summer doldrums, but someone should have told Davis that there's going to be casualities if he leaves audiences in the water that long.

| Mar 24, 2007

The Guardian isn't as boring as Annapolis and SWAT, but it's still a feature-length training montage about kids learning the importance of taking it to the limit.

Full Review | Mar 15, 2007

...an old-fashioned, irresistibly earnest piece of work...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 10, 2007

A well-judged performance by Kevin Costner brings drama to this actioner.

| Mar 1, 2007

I'd have given it an A-. But it goes on & on, off the deep end into the even hokier. But since it choked me up earlier on, I'm calling it a weak B .

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 19, 2007

The Guardian is an ordinary movie about extraordinary people.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 20, 2007

This character-driven drama about redemption feels fresh, mostly due to good storytelling and two fine lead performances

| Nov 24, 2006

a drama that's sometimes as generic as its title... (but)when they're not being forced to snarl at each other, Costner and Kutcher make a likable team...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 24, 2006

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| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 13, 2006

The film certainly comes across like a paid Coast Guard advertisement at times.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 18, 2006