
Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. These punks pretend to be bodyguards for the kids to protect them from Linderman who, it is rumored, killed his brother in cold blood. Clifford befriends the sullen Linderman and hires him as his bodyguard. When Moody ups the ante, Linderman must decide whether fi... (Full plot summary below)
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Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. These punks pretend to be bodyguards for the kids to protect them from Linderman who, it is rumored, killed his brother in cold blood. Clifford befriends the sullen Linderman and hires him as his bodyguard. When Moody ups the ante, Linderman must decide whether fighting for what he believes in, with his haunted past and image, is justified.
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| VarietyVariety StaffIn his directorial debut, Tony Bill assembles a truly remarkable cast of youngsters with little or no previous acting experience. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsThe message that accompanies the central theme -- Kids are basically Nice -- is that Brute Force Rules. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere is a terrifying moment in adolescence when suddenly some of the kids are twice as big as the rest of the kids. It is terrifying for everybody: For the kids who are suddenly tall and gangling, and for the kids who are still small and are getting beat up all the time. My Bodyguard places that moment in a Chicago high school and gives us a kid who tries to think his way out of it. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThis is a heartwarming film, superbly directed by ex-actor Tony Bill. Makepeace is excellent as the slight protagonist, and Baldwin is perfect as the brooding, misunderstood mammoth. Dave Grusin's score adds immeasurably to the tone. |
| Common Sense MediaRandy WhiteComing of age story still relevant and engaging. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe script by Alan Ormsby never decides whether violence is the problem or the solution, but his teen protagonists feel real. |
| Sarasota Herald-TribuneChristopher LloydThat's why I keep coming back to My Bodyguard: It continually reveals new layers of truth about what it's really like to be a teenager, whether an outcast, a bully or the bullied. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinA sweet little movie about characters who really seem to be people, and that sort of verisimilitude is rarer than it ought to be nowadays. |
| The A.V. ClubGwen IhnatIt’s all riveting enough, the kind of youth film that still has parables for adults and moves along at a quick and witty clip for kids—never a prat fall into sticky sweetness. My Bodyguard offers a charming take on what could have been a generic after-school-special tale, and couldn’t have picked a better backdrop to do it in. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenA film of ingredients, rather than ideas realized and integrated: it panders on different, disjunctive levels. |