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My Bodyguard (1980) Certificate PG

My Bodyguard

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Rated 3.0 stars
Average rating
(60%)
 
Starring: Chris Makepeace | Adam Baldwin | Matt Dillon | Paul Quandt | Hank Salas | Joan Cusack
Director: Tony Bill
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 92 mins
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Languages: English
Released: March 06, 2006

Youth-oriented comedy drama about the adventures of a new student who enrolls in a high school run by a teen-age gang. He hires a bodyguard to protect him. Climax includes an unforgettable fight.

Rating of 3 stars out of 5
Radio Times

School bully Matt Dillon persecutes rich kid Chris Makepeace, who retaliates by attempting to hire the morose and overgrown Adam Baldwin as his personal bodyguard. First-time director Tony Bill creates a believable atmosphere at this Chicago school while gradually shifting attention away from Makepeace's plight to Baldwin's troubled past. Cameos from oldsters Ruth Gordon and John Houseman, plus the screen debut of Joan Cusack, are bonuses.

Highest rated reviews

Rated 5 stars
Still as good as ever

A Customer from Cardiff, 27th January, 2009

Great film. Still as good today, ignore the dated comments, it was the eighties after all. Look out also for TURK182. Another classic. Really enjoyed it again

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Rated 4 stars
lost art of storytelling

dave bradshaw from London, England, 19th July, 2006

Even thought it was released in 1980 I consider this a 1970's film. There is a golden quality to 70's films that seems to have been forgotten, too bad since the obsevational style of some of those films makes storytelling compelling. My Bodyguard shows you how young Matt Dillon actually was before all the other roles where he remained incredibly young. We get our first look at Adam Baldwin who later went on to play Earth Mother in 'Full Metal Jacket', and check out Joan Cusack as a school girl. Of course Chris Makepeace should have gone on to greater things ( I swear I saw him tending bar with Mark Lester). You can't go wrong and you wont regret this rental. Snuggle up with your favorite anything and keep that hot mug of Horlicks close at hand. If possible, book a time and location where you can stretch like a teenager and drift off to sleep directly after viewing.

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Rated 3 stars
Adam Baldwin's debut!

Henrik Hansen from Battersea, England, 8th April, 2006

If you're a Firefly fan you should check this out. Long before he played Jayne, Adam Baldwin starred in this coming of age movie. I must admit it's refreshing to see a High School movie with actors who are the right age. Notable too for an early performance by Matt Dillon as the school bully.

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