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The Lifeguard

Driving by her deep will of getting rid of her boring life and the daily routine she has, Leigh, a 30 years old beautiful and smart girl, has left her job in New York and returns to her homeland in which she spent a very nice time with her friends, but upon her arrival, incidents come to climax when she falls in love with a teenager.
Duration: 98 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2013
IMDb: 5.6
Keywords:  #Kristen Bell #Liz W. Garcia #Mamie Gummer #Martin Starr #The Lifeguard
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New York Post
August 30, 2013
The central character simply comes across as whiny and entitled instead of troubled and dark, and the central theme of getting your groove back by acting like a kid again has been done many times by much more talented filmmakers.
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Cinemalogue.com
August 30, 2013
The film strains to be hip and edgy in its exploration of catharsis through starting over, and its central relationship feels more contrived than authentic.
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Common Sense Media
September 03, 2013
Drama is short on story, long on illicit romance.
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Los Angeles Times
August 30, 2013
Although writer-director Liz W. Garcia's wistful, angsty tale treads familiar ground, the filmmaker has crafted a credibly flawed and conflicted heroine who holds interest.
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Shared Darkness
August 30, 2013
With apologies to Thomas Wolfe, you can go home again; The Lifeguard just proves that sometimes it's not the best course of action.
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Boston Globe
August 29, 2013
The movie's being billed in some quarters as a comedy, which is a hell of a stretch given that the plot expands to take in statutory rape and teen suicide.
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Television Without Pity
September 02, 2013
The writer/director stifles any actual feeling with thudding, heavily-underlined subtext-as-text dialogue and an overreliance on indie rock scored musical montages
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Newark Star-Ledger
August 30, 2013
The movie really depends on Bell, and her story, and neither is interesting or compelling enough to engage us.
New York Times
August 29, 2013
This directorial debut by Liz W. Garcia, a writer for television, bears some echoes of its creator's origins, going from deft to trite in its drama and setting up character arcs that feel sappily resolved within its feature length.
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NYC Movie Guru
August 29, 2013
Solid performances can't save the undercooked, shallow, overly simplistic screenplay.
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Shadows on the Wall
September 03, 2013
A strikingly realistic approach lifts this comedy-drama above the fray, combining skilful writing and direction with transparent performances that reveal the characters' internal struggles.
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RogerEbert.com
September 02, 2013
"The Lifeguard" is hemmed in by vagueness and cliche, and nearly ruined by its soundtrack, an insistent barrage of thematically obvious alt-radio music cues.
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