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The Lifeguard

- This Summer Growing Up is Optional

A former valedictorian quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She gets work as a lifeguard and starts a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager.

Release Date : 2013-08-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : La PistolaAttic Light Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Leigh

Original Name : Kristen Bell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mel

Original Name : Mamie Gummer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Todd

Original Name : Martin Starr

Gender : Male

Character Name : John

Original Name : Joshua Harto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matt

Original Name : Alex Shaffer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Jason

Original Name : David Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justine

Original Name : Amy Madigan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hans

Original Name : Adam LeFevre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Jason

Original Name : John Finn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lumpy

Original Name : Paulie Litt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raj

Original Name : Sendhil Ramamurthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marco

Original Name : Carlos Velazquez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matt's Mom

Original Name : Lisa Ann Goldsmith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sullen Teenager

Original Name : Cody Hartman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Federici

Original Name : Tom Kondilas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drowning Boy

Original Name : Marty Landry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedestrian

Original Name : Joe Fishel

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***A successful-yet- disheartened adult goes back home to refresh, but momentarily forgets she’s an adult*** An overachieving 29 year-old reporter in New York City (Kristen Bell) experiences burnout and so flees to her hometown in Connecticut where she gets her old lifeguard job back at the local pool. She reunites with old friends as well as establishes new relations with the teens that frequent the pool, which isn’t a good mix if the adult throws wisdom to the wind. "The Lifeguard" (2013) is a realistic slice-of-life drama that meshes "Lifeguard" (1976) and “Summer of ’42” (1971) with elements of "Snow Angels" (2007). The opening turned me off with its hand-held-camera Indie vibe, but the story eventually pulled me in and the movie turned out to be a pleasant surprise, even a bit of a hidden gem. Leigh (Bell) wanted to go back to her hometown to recapture her carefree adolescent happiness while the teen dudes ironically wanted to escape the mundane town to experience real life. Once an adult, however, you can never be a teen again. It’s gone forever. Everything smacks of real life: the good, the foolish and the ugly. Questions of wisdom (boundaries), responsibility and morality are effectively explored. The movie runs 1 hour, 38 minutes, and was shot in Sewickley Valley, Pennsylvania, just northwest of Pittsburgh. GRADE: A-