Guarding Tess
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with… From TMDB
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29 of 29 · most liked firstEchoing the great movie sentiment. Other notionally similar underrated 90s movies: Guarding Tess, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Grosse Point Blank.
unlabelledView post →All I can say is every time there is Nic Cage talk ppl seem to ignore Guarding Tess which makes me think I am the only person who likes that weird little film.
unlabelledView post →Howdy. Up early assessing the weather for coffee date and decided to stay home in jammies. Watching a movie. “Guarding Tess” with Shirley MacClaine and Nick Cage. Sweet. Sipping coffee. Made bake raviolis last night. Leftovers with Italian sausage tonight. Yum. Loving the rain! Stay safe and enjoy!🥰
unlabelledView post →This reminds me of the movie “Guarding Tess”. Such a good movie. President Carter has fully earned his eternal rest and our respect!
unlabelledView post →I would not have expected Dan Aykroyd to come out as a major fan of the movie GUARDING TESS. (I am too, FWIW.)
unlabelledView post →Nic Cage plays a secret service agent guarding an erratic former first lady (Shirley MacLaine). Comedy. Melodrama. A bit of action. A #Christmas scene somewhere in there. A third act that doesn't tonally match the rest of the film. It's 'Guarding Tess' (1994). One of #TheOtherChristmasMovies.
unlabelledView post →Yes. A good example is Guarding Tess (1994), which is mostly a cute movie about a tough Secret Service agent assigned to guard a cranky ex-First Lady. Until the protagonist tortures a helpless prisoner, based on a hunch that the prisoner is lying. That is never OK! It's illegal for good reason!
unlabelledView post →In no particular order: - Wild at Heart - Pig - Willie's Wonderland - Face/Off - Con Air - Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Raising Arizona - Adaptation - Vampire's Kiss - Guarding Tess Stopping at 10, but come on. The worst film with Cage is better than the worst film with no Cage.
unlabelledView post →I remember renting Guarding Tess from Blockbuster. I mean, my mom rented it, but I was there and approved of the choice. XD I also remember watching Family Man. Remember when you could just watch the new <actor name> movie and know what kind of movie you were gonna get?
unlabelledView post →Really liked that movie. Saw it in a double bill with "Guarding Tess" at the old I-70 drive in.
unlabelledView post →Guarding Tess is a very good movie.
unlabelledView post →Moonstruck, close second, Guarding Tess. Not that I've seen many of his films, because he usually just annoys me. Meanwhile, my least favorite Nicholas Cage movie is also possibly my least favorite movie ever. I refer to the cinematic equivalent of sewage effluent that is Leaving Las Vegas.
unlabelledView post →My ★★★ review of Guarding Tess on Letterboxd boxd.it/98gGIZ
unlabelledView post →Tonight's distraction movie is Guarding Tess (1994) staring Shirley MacLaine and Nicholas Cage. youtu.be/KXtDa5OTHbc?...
unlabelledView post →My favorite Nic Cage film is Guarding Tess.
unlabelledView post →Last night on a whim i watched Guarding Tess, an entry in the short-lived "man deals with spunky older gal" genre of the early 90s. It's more or less a slog, McClaine and Cage are certainly good, but the movie wanders about aimlessly, stuck between drama and comedy.
unlabelledView post →Guarding Tess, a great movie that couldn't exist without it.
unlabelledView post →There's a bit in the movie "Guarding Tess" (great movie) where the car ciggy lighter is used as a weapon against a villain. Very Painful!
unlabelledView post →✨What I watched (the) last (two) week(s) ✨ Guarding Tess ❤️❤️ Running With the Devil ❤️ Severance: Season One ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Severely slacking on watching Nicolas Cage movies since we started Severance and have been binging that 💀 #filmsky #tvsky
unlabelledView post →The No1 movie on Tuesday, March 8th 1994 was Guarding Tess with #ShirleyMacLaine... and she was also the star of The Evening Star (1997), the sequel to Terms of Endearment... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/04/21/f...
unlabelledView post →I like quiet Nic Cage. I like him in Matchstick Men. I like him in Guarding Tess. Hell, I even like him in Bringing Out The Dead even though that movie is piss boring.
unlabelledView post →Them: Think of a Nick Cage movie. Me: Raising Arizona, Con Air, ah... Them: Guarding Tess? Me: Ah snap, that WAS a good one.
unlabelledView post →I've probably seen worse movies, but Guarding Tess is the only film I've ever walked out of. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardin...
unlabelledView post →Reminds me of that movie “Guarding Tess.” with Shirley MacLaine and Nicholas Cage, but it’s not gonna have the same ending AT ALL.
unlabelledView post →Guarding Tess might be my favourite Nicolas Cage movie but is definitely my favourite comedy of his. Whenever I see Trump falling asleep at the worst possible time I think of this scene youtu.be/64IfgyEH-g8?...
unlabelledView post →@handitup.bsky.social Is that Shirley MacLaine from Guarding Tess? I love that movie!
unlabelledView post →The (movie) Guarding Tess (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Canada) for C$4.99 Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn, Richard Griffiths Genre: (Comedy) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guarding_t...
unlabelledView post →It's weird that my first memory involving this is the movie Guarding Tess.
unlabelledView post →Shirley MacLaine ("Tess") is on good form in this rather daft tale of a pretty cantankerous former First Lady who has a running battle with her Secret Service agent Nicolas Cage ("Doug") as he tries to keep her within his security protocols - an exasperating task that is mostly an uphill struggle. A series of fun face-offs ensue as she and her team - chef Richard Griffiths and chauffeur Austin Pendleton run the poor old Cage ragged before, unexpectedly, she goes and gets herself into a bit of…
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