Fresh
In his directorial debut, Tony Bill assembles a truly remarkable cast of youngsters with little or no previous acting experience.
Variety Staff, Variety
My Bodyguard
Terrorized in the Toilets? Chased after school? Shaken down for lunch money? GET A BODYGUARD
1980 · 1h 36m · PG
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Tony Bill
Overview
Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A film of ingredients, rather than ideas realized and integrated: it panders on different, disjunctive levels.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The message that accompanies the central theme -- Kids are basically Nice -- is that Brute Force Rules.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
This movie is fun to watch because it touches memories that are shared by most of us, and because its young characters are recognizable individuals, and not simplified cartoon figures like so many movie teen-agers.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A sweet little movie about characters who really seem to be people, and that sort of verisimilitude is rarer than it ought to be nowadays.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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