The Lifeguard

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Nick W Well written sympathetic charecter study, even if the lead is just a doofus making very poor lifechoices. Brilliant performence by Bell and also the supporting cast. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Patrick M Always love Kristin Bell. This movie was pretty slow. A little bit disappointed. I would have liked a different ending. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Audience Member ) Isn't it a crime for a 30 year old to be with a 16 year old? This film romanticized the idea. Really not a good idea to plant this seed into anyone's head. Really, really not a good idea. Otherwise, I thought the acting was good. I was truly appalled, though, that they took it to the statutory r*pe level. Not cool. At. All. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Does anyone know why Jay decided to cancel the postcard he wrote to Leigh in the end of the movie? Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Like its characters, the movie struggles to figure out who it is & what it wants, but makes a strong third act comeback. Thoughtful & well-photographed, it gets weighed down by an obnoxiously pretentious indie rock soundtrack. #nitrosMovieChallenge Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/22 Full Review Mark H "The truth hurts...but only when it's supposed to." The truth is, the "I'm shocked" virtue-signaling that runs throughout the negative reviews here is clearly coming from a blinders-on American perspective. Pedophilia...? Get educated. Pull up a map of "Age of consent by country in Europe" and your head will snap. In most countries there, it's *14*. _Most_. Meaning, more than half. Not convincing you? Okay...then look at it this way: How many people do you know, self-included, that had sex in high school between 14-16 years old...? Then stop and ask yourself, honestly, "why is that?" Honest answer? Because "human nature." Full stop. Still not convinced? Okay...let's get even more real. What's the age of consent in Connecticut, where this film's make-believe location was? Answer: *16*. In other words, even in the film the "kid" was fully within his rights to respond to the life guard. The h.s. vice principal's reaction to the student-life guard relationship made *no* sense unless her friend the life guard had been a h.s. teacher...which she clearly was not. Aside from that last, very odd (untruthful) vector of the film, and speaking more to its acting, in the film Bell's performance is compellingly honest and real, and at 32-33 years old while shooting this she is also at her peak for physical attractiveness as well. I say that to ground the reader again in reality: this kind of thing happens, very naturally, and it's called real life...and Truth...and, yes, Beauty. And I love real life...and Truth, and Beauty...the 'good' and the 'bad.' And so should you. "The" relationship in the film clearly couldn't work out in the long run, was "wrong" to some people's thinking because of the age difference, and thus a "bad mistake" that people (some) took offense to. To those people, I have to ask, "Are you really rating this film, or what you did and didn't get out of life...including appreciation & thankfulness for the 'good' and the 'bad'?" Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/11/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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