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Guarding Tess
1994
Tess Carlisle (Shirley MacLaine) is the widow of a former United States President. A quarrelsome older woman, she's known for her belligerent manner and her blatant disregard for protocol. For Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), the Secret Service agent assigned to the widow, standing watch over the cantankerous old lady is more than .. Read more
| Starring | Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Edward Albert Jr. |
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| Director | Hugh Wilson |
| Genres | Drama |
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Guarding Tess
Tess Carlisle (Shirley MacLaine) is the widow of a former United States President. A quarrelsome older woman, she's known for her belligerent manner and her blatant disregard for protocol. For Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), the Secret Service agent assigned to the widow, standing watch over the cantankerous old lady is more than he can tolerate. After three long years as her bodyguard, Doug finally gets a new assignment. But before he's had the chance to celebrate, Tess has him brought back to her Ohio home for yet another go at being her bodyguard. Tess and Doug may be like oil and water together, but they'll soon realize that they've needed each other all along.
| Starring | Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Richard Griffiths, Edward Albert Jr., James Rebhorn, Edward Albert, Austin Pendleton |
|---|---|
| Director | Hugh Wilson |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Jan 2002 Production year: 1994 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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In this comedy drama, Shirley MacLaine does almost too good a job of playing cantankerous president's widow Tess Carlisle — a former First Lady from hell. MacLaine is so believable in the leading role she's almost unendurable to watch, while Nicolas Cage, as long-suffering secret service minder Doug Chesnic, displays the same sure comic touch he brought to 1998's City of Angels. It's attractively staged by Police Academy director Hugh Wilson and remains entertaining until it finally lurches into melodrama.
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Likeable comedy of conflicting personalities, played with a lightness and charm by its two leads; its later plunge into melodrama is a mistake.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Excellent
What a lovely film,the acting by nicholas cage and shirley mclaine was brilliant,How a hard heart can be softened by someone caring unwittedly.I loved this so much im going to buy it .
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Excellent
What a lovely film,the acting by nicholas cage and shirley mclaine was brilliant,How a hard heart can be softened by someone caring unwittedly.I loved this so much im going to buy it .
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