Guarding Tess
- Original title
- Guarding Tess
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Shirley MacLaine
- Nicolas Cage
- Austin Pendleton
- Edward Albert
- James Rebhorn
- Richard Griffiths
- John Roselius
- David Graf
- Don Yesso
- James Lally
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama
- Synopsis
- Doug (Cage) is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle (MacLaine), widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her.
- Awards
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1994: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actress - Comedy/Musical (Shirley MacLaine)
- Critics' reviews
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"The film is indeed likable. But director Hugh Wilson, who co-wrote the script with Peter Torokvei, just skims the surface of potentially rich territory."
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"There are a few good jokes, some solid chemistry between the leads, and a little pathos, but it all doesn't add up to very much."
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