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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures
  • 2 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures
  • 2 h 19 m

Summary After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall (Costner), is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods. While there...

Directed By: Andrew Davis

Written By: Ron L. Brinkerhoff

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures
  • 2 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures
  • 2 h 19 m
The Guardian
Metascore Mixed or average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Summary After losing his crew in a fatal crash, legendary Rescue Swimmer, Ben Randall (Costner), is sent to teach at "A" School, an elite training program for Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Wrestling with the loss of his crew members, he throws himself into teaching, turning the program upside down with his unorthodox training methods. While there...

Directed By: Andrew Davis

Written By: Ron L. Brinkerhoff

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Metascore
Mixed or average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
53
34% Positive
10 Reviews
62% Mixed
18 Reviews
3% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or average Based on 29 Critic Reviews
53
34% Positive
10 Reviews
62% Mixed
18 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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83
The Guardian is that rarest of cinematic commodities: an action movie displaying brains and heart and the opportunity for its stars to do something more than keep the narrative flowing between explosions.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
63
With high seas and crashing waves created by Canadian special-effects company Fusion CIS, there's nothing wrong with the nail-biting side of the equation featuring a sequence of distinct maritime accidents; it's the rest of the plot that is taking on water.
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63
Sometimes you want to buy an extra-large popcorn and settle in for a big budget Hollywood blockbuster replete with entertaining explosions, undemanding dialogue and completely unrealistic action sequences. If all that sounds like gloriously uncomplicated fun, The Guardian is your movie.
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58
The movie represents an earnest effort to compensate for all the love the media has shown to firefighters and other land-based first responders in recent years with little thought to the Coast Guard; the drama also crashes on wave upon wave of clichés.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
50
I'm not suggesting Costner and Kutcher should run out and remake "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" just yet, but in The Guardian, the two actors turn out to complement each other well enough to make a lot of this supremely derivative and formulaic picture go down better than it should.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW
50
The only performance worth watching is Costner's. Now that he seems resigned to being something less than an A-list luminary, he is often modest and affecting.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
38
The men who made The Guardian strive to be the averagest of the average - and don't quite succeed.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Touchstone Pictures, Beacon Pictures, Contrafilm, Firm Films, A School Productions, Eyetronics
Release Date Sep 29, 2006
Duration 2 h 19 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline When lives are on the line, sacrifice everything.
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Awards

Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
Huabiao Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination

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