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Watch: Guarding Tess 1994 123movies, Full Movie Online – Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, 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..
Plot: Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.
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Ratings:

	6.2/10 Votes: 17,894
	56% | RottenTomatoes
	46/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 263 Popularity: 12.201 | TMDB

Reviews:

A delightful movie with outstanding performances
This perfect little gem of a movie deserves watching. With such a wonderful cast and such a great script, if this movie has any fault at all, it is under-appreciation. Shirley and Nick play off each other like the pros they are. The photography is on cue, the pace is keen and the underlying message of learning to love and care for what you have instead of squandering your energies on unrealistic ambitions is heart-warming. Among the many great moments are the calls from the President, Tess’s temper tantrums, the scene at the opera, the “stand-off” in the car, and Tess’s last scene from the hospital. I don’t think this submission contains spoilers, but if they are, they’re harmless. Please, please see this film.

Light Comedy-Drama Without Being Over-The-Top
This is not the first time that we have seen Shirley McLaine play the role of a crusty old lady and in the 1994 movie “Guarding Tess” is no exception either. But it has me wondering, how many bitchy roles has McLaine played throughout her career? If you check out IMDb.com you will notice that she has played a myriad of cantankerous characters (the best being “Terms of Endearment”), but no matter what she has played those roles flawlessly. Therefore, we can safely summarize that McLaine could have easily played her part as widowed ex-First Lady Tess Carlisle with her eyes closed.

Situated between the genres of comedy and drama, I felt that the comedy out-weights the drama by a near margin of 55 to 45 percent. However, no matter how you look at it, “Guarding Tess” is a warm, affectionate and light-weight that succeeds in refraining from being overly hilarious and from being overly sentimental. Without being judgemental, we get to take a liking to Tess and her guard a Secret Service Agent Doug Chesnic (Nicolas Cage), we still feel that they’re still strangers to their audience. Sure we understand that Doug has other ambitions with with his life and Tess is quite lonesome. But everything we know about Tess and Doug and the other supporting characters is what’s shown on the screen. There is no physical, mental or visual indicators that give us any information as to why Tess hardly has visitations from anyone.

One of the more memorable scenes is when Tess goes grocery shopping. McLaine steals every scene she’s in and she does this flawlessly. Then after news of her abduction, Doug goes out to get information of her whereabouts and goes far as to shoot someone’s toe off during that process. Later when he tells her about the whole toe incident she responds in a pitiful way. I also found it hilarious when Tess goes on the phone and starts speaking to the current President and refers to him by his first name.

Overall, this movie was light in comedy and drama and the characters on the whole were very likable. The chemistry between the two leads Tess and Doug was very magnetic and there are many scenes with will linger in mind for a longtime. I only wish that there was more information as why these characters are what they are and the only thing we know about the characters is what’s presented on the screen. And so what if Shirley McLaine is type-casted as a crusty old widow, she’s natural in playing those kind of roles.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 20000000
Revenue 27058304
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Hugh Wilson
Writer Hugh Wilson, PJ Torokvei
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton
Country United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,617 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 200T 5293, EXR 500T 5296)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm