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Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

Mar 11, 1994
96 min
ComedyDrama
6.0/ 10
339 votes

Overview

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 her whims and demands.

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TMDB
6.0/10
339 votes
IMDB
6.2/10
19,984 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
57%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
50/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$20,000,000Production cost
Box Office$27,058,304Worldwide gross
Profit$7,058,304Profitable
ROI
+35.3%Return on investment
US Box Office$27,058,304Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 nominations total

Details

Production information

"A comedy beyond the call of duty."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$27,058,304

Production Companies

Channel FilmsTriStar Pictures

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