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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.
Director	Hugh Wilson
Genres	Drama

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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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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jan 2005 at 01:08
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  Guarding Tess
  
  A brilliant film that explores the challenges that age can bring, the two generations are represented by Shirley Maclaine and Nicholas Cage, both outstanding in... read more »
  
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  - Lincoln
  - 02 Jan 2011 at 19:05
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  Guarding Tess
  
  Excellent film. Watch it.
  
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  - Shifnal
  - 19 May 2009 at 13:51
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  Guarding Tess
  
  Well this was a plesant surprise! I had never heard of this movie before but I liked the sound of it so I hired it. Took a while to get going but it was well ... read more »
  
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- - khandikane
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  - Sidcup
  - 10 May 2009 at 19:28
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  Back to Basics
  
  Thank goodness some movies still retain the old style magic. Excellent viewing !
  
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  - Burnham
  - 30 Oct 2008 at 08:02
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  My first ROM-COM-DRAM
  
  Brilliant character acting. My first Romantic-Comedy-Drama. SUCH a great film, fabulously portraying all these emotions. Everyone performed amazingly In ... read more »
  
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  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 21:50
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  Guarding Tess
  
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  This is a film about an ex-Presidents wife who has the Secret Service protecting her.Nicholas Cage becomes her bodyguard but they do not hit it off as she is ... read more »
  
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- - MedTech
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  - LITTLEHAMPTON
  - 26 Jun 2008 at 16:44
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  I waited a long time to see this movie
  
  and as always, Shirley MacClaine is absolutely brilliant. I have seen her in many movies and she always proves so versatile, but always plays the part with a ... read more »
  
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- - Anna Pedder
  - London
  - 09 Feb 2008 at 20:29
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  Good light entertainment
  
  Nice film, very hollywood
  
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  - Amersham
  - 27 Jan 2008 at 21:46
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  solid movie
  
  i enjoyed this and it had some lovely touching moments and really poinient moments that struck a chord as it will with anyone who has a contankerous older ... read more »
  
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  - se england
  - 23 Jun 2007 at 18:09
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  Great Fun... good laugh moments
  
  Cage and McLean work really well together and the laughs are really good even if some are not too obvious. Cage never puts a foot wrong in a story that could ... read more »
  
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- - David Langley-Tayler
  - Weymouth, Dorset England
  - 23 Feb 2007 at 14:13
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jan 2005 at 01:08
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  Awful film
  
  Not remotely funny or interesting - Yawn!!
  
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  - London, England
  - 23 Jun 2004 at 08:21
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  My first ROM-COM-DRAM
  
  Brilliant character acting. My first Romantic-Comedy-Drama. SUCH a great film, fabulously portraying all these emotions. Everyone performed amazingly In ... read more »
  
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  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 21:50
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  solid movie
  
  i enjoyed this and it had some lovely touching moments and really poinient moments that struck a chord as it will with anyone who has a contankerous older ... read more »
  
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  - se england
  - 23 Jun 2007 at 18:09
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  Guarding Tess
  
  Well this was a plesant surprise! I had never heard of this movie before but I liked the sound of it so I hired it. Took a while to get going but it was well ... read more »
  
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- - khandikane
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  - Sidcup
  - 10 May 2009 at 19:28
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  This flim has small ...
  
  This flim has small moments of heart warming comedy but in whole is very much dull, and typical. Nicholas cage plays his character not all too well, and the ... read more »
  
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  - 03 Feb 2004 at 13:00
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  Disappointing
  
  Not romantic, very slow , unbelievable and hardly any real action. Not worth watching.
  
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- - Paul Noble
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  - 12 Apr 2005 at 10:51
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  Guarding Tess
  
  Predictable, easy watching for a rainy day. No surprises, no depth, pedestrian comedy, 2 stars a bit generous but it was inoffensive enough.
  
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  - 14 May 2005 at 11:36
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  Excellent
  
  nicholas cage and shirley mclaine are really good together funny yet serious this film is worth watching.
  
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  - WALES
  - 16 Aug 2005 at 10:16
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  A Cage film I actually liked!!!
  
  I don't usually like Cage films...he tends to annoy me after about 10 mins...but this was quite watchable...and how good is Maclaine???
  
  She's... read more »
  
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- - Melisa Tupou
  - Harrow, UK
  - 14 Mar 2006 at 12:05

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Critics' reviews
- Likeable comedy of conflicting personalities, played with a lightness and charm by its two leads; its later plunge into melodrama is a mistake.
- 31284
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Nicolas Cage keeps his eccentricities in check and gives a nicely subtle though no less intense performance..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
- 9651
- - USA Today
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Doug Chesnic (Cage) has the worst assignment in the secret service: he's bodyguard to former First Lady Tess Carlisle... read more on Time Out
- 44518
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Two charismatic performers and an underlying sweetness..."
- 9652
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Filled with gentle laughs." -- Rating: B+
- 9650
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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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 ...