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The Lifeguard

This Summer Growing Up is Optional
This Summer Growing Up is Optional
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 2013
The Lifeguard
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5.6
16%
34
Leigh, feeling unfulfilled, quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She takes a job as a lifeguard, regresses into adolescent behavior, and begins a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager, leading to consequences for everyone involved.
Director:
,
Liz W. Garcia
Cast:
,
John Finn
,
Amy Madigan
,
Joshua Harto
,
Kristen Bell
,
Martin Starr
,
Mamie Gummer
,
Adam LeFevre
,
Alex Shaffer
,
David Lambert
,
David Lambert

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
30 Aug 2013
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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.
– Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Aug 2013
rotten:
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.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
30 Aug 2013
rotten:
The movie really depends on Bell, and her story, and neither is interesting or compelling enough to engage us.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
30 Aug 2013
rotten:
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.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
29 Aug 2013
rotten:
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.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
29 Aug 2013
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