Guarding Tess Critic Reviews
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MacLaine and Cage are really very good here.Read the full review
There are no big thrills, only gentle laughs in this light story by Hugh Wilson and Peter Torokvei (Wilson also directed).Read the full review
While it's understandable that it was thought that Tess needed something more, that it couldn't go on merely being clever and fragile, this solution goes too far in the opposite direction. [11Mar1994 Pg. F9]Read the full review
What counts is the comic tension between MacLaine and Cage. It's so well done, it doesn't matter how dumb things get.Read the full review
All of the supporting characters -- notably tubby Richard Griffiths as Tess's nurse and mousy Austin Pendleton as her chauffeur -- are thinly drawn, but neither MacLaine nor Cage leaves much room for anyone to overact.Read the full review
Comedy, pathos and thrills alternately collide, creating problems in both pacing and developing a consistent tone.Read the full review
Director Hugh Wilson and co-writer Peter Torokvei allow this Driving Miss Daisy with attitude to fully steep, like a cup of fine tea spiked with lemon. [11Mar1994 Pg. 01.D]Read the full review
Despite a slow start, the movie eventually slips into a congenial flow. Unfortunately, Guarding Tess ends up derailing because of a ill-conceived ending that has something to do with a silly kidnapping subplot.Read the full review
Having introduced the two principals and had some fun with their antagonism, the film has nowhere to go.Read the full review
