Baywatch

Name: Baywatch
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Released: May 25, 2017
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Dwayne Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 25, 2017 | R

Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Dwayne Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass, Kelly Rohrbach, Priyanka Chopra, Rob Huebel, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Zac Efron

Summary: Baywatch follows devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson) as he butts heads with a brash new recruit (Zac Efron). Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay. [Paramount Pictures]

Director: Seth Gordon

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 116 min

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Joshua Rothkopf

May 23, 2017

The actors are what save it. Not only does Johnson build on his subversive  persona of hulking, dim-witted likability,  but he’s joined by Neighbors’ Zac Efron, today’s reigning king of the hazy one-liner. Read full review

Tom Russo

May 24, 2017

The result is a scattershot comedy that only intermittently nails either tone, finally just bogging down in flatly choreographed mayhem in the late going. Read full review

Craig D. Lindsey

May 31, 2017

Like the show, it’s about an insanely attractive lifeguard crew whose members really throw themselves into their work. But the product teeters between absurdity and earnestness. Read full review

The Telegraph Patrick Smith

May 23, 2017

Everything about Baywatch the movie is big, brash and bombastic. Read full review

Reed Tucker

May 24, 2017

Baywatch is not nearly as good as this genre’s best entries, like 2012’s “21 Jump Street.” It washes up on the beach like a dead whale. Read full review

Dana Stevens

May 25, 2017

Baywatch is surprisingly without sexism or condescension: It’s equal-opportunity stupid. Read full review

The Guardian Steve Rose

May 23, 2017

By about halfway in, the gags dry up and the story sinks like an overweight tourist who took a dip too early after the all-you-can-eat surf ’n’ turf buffet. Read full review

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Tony1984

Oct 11, 2017

I'm giving Baywatch a 10 to compensate for the intellectually disabled reviewers who were inexplicably expecting Macbeth at the Globe. It's low brow simplicity. Everyone looks awesome. Clichéd and as formulaic as they come. I loved it. Wouldn't pay money to see it but great for TV.

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CoKronakan

Feb 26, 2018

I'm rating this movie, for solely itself and not the TV series expectations. Baywatch is a big, hot, sexy movie. The humor it's more often really funny it even cracked me up a few times. Great cast, actors did everything beautifully. Interesting story, although it's pretty cliche, but itI'm rating this movie, for solely itself and not the TV series expectations. Baywatch is a big, hot, sexy movie. The humor it's more often really funny it even cracked me up a few times. Great cast, actors did everything beautifully. Interesting story, although it's pretty cliche, but it does good at that. It really shows that everyone had fun with this movie, cast & directors etc. Overall it's a good movie, don't know what every other person expected, but expectations ruin movies. So try to be objective, and if you really are then you know this movie was decent.… Expand

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DominArsen

Dec 8, 2018

Baywatch - Alerte à Malibu

Quelque effet spécial pas propre.
Quelque blague qui laisse un sourire gêné.

Un film popcorn gros muscle, méchant, gentil et mer qui offre un sympathique moment

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AbeMC

Aug 19, 2017

Absolute snore-fest of a first hour; almost turned it off. Characters are introduced, but there's no reason to care. Matt Brody (Zac Efron) is the single good character; his journey - of being gifted, winning it all, losing it all, then mounting his personal comeback - was the best aspect ofAbsolute snore-fest of a first hour; almost turned it off. Characters are introduced, but there's no reason to care. Matt Brody (Zac Efron) is the single good character; his journey - of being gifted, winning it all, losing it all, then mounting his personal comeback - was the best aspect of the film. The film improves when it goes all cops-and-robbers / CSI / Magnum PI in the second half, but there's not enough tension to make it dramatic, and not enough jokes land for it to be funny.
4/10 for the lovely ladies and Zac Efron's physique, but otherwise pass on it.… Expand

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Compi24

Jun 6, 2017

Yep - it's really as bad as everyone's been saying, even with the always-enjoyable presence of Dwayne Johnson and the surprisingly competent -- nay, noteworthy -- performance from newcomer Kelly Rohrbach. Indeed, it's the other, more unlikable characters and the unholy surfeit of dick jokesYep - it's really as bad as everyone's been saying, even with the always-enjoyable presence of Dwayne Johnson and the surprisingly competent -- nay, noteworthy -- performance from newcomer Kelly Rohrbach. Indeed, it's the other, more unlikable characters and the unholy surfeit of dick jokes that ultimately renders every slightly passable element of this movie into the murky, juvenile mush "Baywatch" that really is as a whole. Just go watch "21 Jump Street" instead. Or "22 Jump Street." Hell, watch "SWAT," or any movie that isn't this for that matter.… Expand

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AndrewBurge

Jun 9, 2018

From the beginning, Seth Gordon's 'Baywatch' is a difficult film to watch, but not for the reasons you might think. It involves dozens of unnecessary cuts, its soundtrack changes from one mediocre frat boys party anthem to another, and I am not even going to mention the continuity issuesFrom the beginning, Seth Gordon's 'Baywatch' is a difficult film to watch, but not for the reasons you might think. It involves dozens of unnecessary cuts, its soundtrack changes from one mediocre frat boys party anthem to another, and I am not even going to mention the continuity issues which, of course, are a sin which permeate most films, even great ones. But here they are too many and too obvious.

There definitely is a deep message about teamwork, dedication and overall life lessons in this film, but unfortunately is hidden deep under its poor execution. To be more specific, the biggest issue here is the characters, which are written with cliche personalities like your devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson), hot-shot Olympic pretty-boy Matt Brody (Zac Efron), nerdy tech savvy awkward teenager Ronnie Greenbaum (Jon Bass) and your pretty girls Stephanie, CJ and Summer (Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelly Rohrbach and Alexandra Daddario). But it does not stop here. It feels as if the film misses the way it wants you to report to each characters. While Brody is supposed to be the black sheep of the group, he often seems as a voice of reason, being the only one mentioning calling the police when Baywatch's own Scooby-Doo gang wants to save an again clichee white collar criminal plot led by an again clichee seductive and dangerous corporate woman, Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra). Also, you cannot help but feel that Mitch's ridiculous ambitious dedication and his machismo bravado make him feel like a psychologically scarred vigilante going beyond his reach to protect the beach, kinda like a Batman only... without the cool gadgets and brooding personality. Not to even mention the montage scene in which, after he gets fired, works at an electronics store. It is cringe worthy and laughable... just like his too numerous heroic acts of life-saving which get tiring quickly.

There is a good part though, which this film nails really well. That is the references to the original Baywatch series. It seems that Gordon understands that the heart and soul of these references are more important than their number. There are like-able cameos by David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson and nice parodies to the infamous slow motion scenes. Unfortunately there are also many jokes which are simply misses due to poor execution and worse, they are often prolonged, like when Ronnie stuck his genitals between two wooden planks of a sunbed and also the overall lame writing of Leeds' only two mobsters. Seriously, you thought she would have like a whole mob.

Overall, 'Baywatch' does not make an effort into complicating itself. Yet it also fails in coordinating its simple plot to the point in which discontinuity becomes part of the plot continuity! Like the scene in which Brody is held hostage by Leeds but he escapes through 'clever' editing and a firework display caused by Ronnie when he saw a 'big red button' as he immediately proceeded to... flip the switch right next to it. I really wanted to like this film. I could get over the cliche characters and linear plot, but not over the inability to manage its simplicity.… Expand

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Broyax

Oct 17, 2017

La série dont est inspirée cette horreur est déjà réputée pour sa débilité mais qu'à cela ne tienne ! "on" a décidé ici de se surpasser et de faire péter tous les records au débilemètre. C'est à un tel point qu'on a très vite l'impression de regarder un "Scary Movie" ou autre caricatureLa série dont est inspirée cette horreur est déjà réputée pour sa débilité mais qu'à cela ne tienne ! "on" a décidé ici de se surpasser et de faire péter tous les records au débilemètre. C'est à un tel point qu'on a très vite l'impression de regarder un "Scary Movie" ou autre caricature grotesque à petit budget qui se fout ouvertement de la gueule des grosses productions et licences hollymerdiennes.

Bref, l'humour à la "American Pie" est de sortie avec par exemple un gros geek qui passe trop sa vie sur Steam (le fiston du gros Gabe sans doute) et qui se coince la bite dans un transat : l'équipe intervient donc immédiatement... Cela étant, il finit tout de même dans l'équipe des sauveteurs pour satisfaire l'agenda SJW (social justice warriors).

Evidemment, la tête de gogol et de gondole vient jouer de ses pectoraux à l'EPO, l'ex-catcheur Johnson qui serait tellement mieux à sa place dans une pub pour Canard vécés avec ses Ray-Ban sur la bouteille : on tient là le successeur de Monsieur Propre.

Mais ce n'est pas le pire -quoique... y a photo à l'arrivée- car le bellâtre est de sortie (pas de Baychiasse sans bellâtre, foutredieu !) en la "personne" de Zac Etron -un nom prédestiné qu'il a fait changer in extremis. Zac a pris des produits lui aussi -une putain de pharmacie ambulante- et exhibe fièrement ses tablettes de chocolat à faire mourir de honte Léonidas. Il a naturellement l'intelligence d'une huître et franchement c'est pas gentil pour les huîtres de dire ça : j'ai connu des huîtres qui jouaient aux échecs.

Enfin, évidemment, on a tout un lot de bombasses, nichons bringuebalant et épilages de maillot à... quoi, on ne veut pas le savoir. La caméra s'attarde en passant sur ces jolis culs mais pas trop quand même ("on" ne voudrait pas que ça vire NC-17). Quant à leur QI, il est dans les nichons.

Le scénario (?!) et les dialogues (!!) en sont presque drôles à l'insu de leur totale ignorance, car on a beau chercher mais tout demeure au très premier degré dans cette chienlit de demeurés, de quoi faire passer la série originale pour du Proust ou du Kant.

On regarde, hypnotisé (car la connerie est hypnotique) puis on sort de sa torpeur au bout d'une heure en se disant qu'on approche du générique... mais non mon gars, il reste encore une putain d'heure à subir !

Avant de vomir comme Zac le bellâtre, le bien nommé "rapido vomito" (sic !), on arrête de chier et on tire vite la chasse.… Expand

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