The Bodyguard 1992

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Two long hours and 10 minutes after this tale begins, Rachel and Frank seem no closer than seatmates on a long bus trip. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The Bodyguard is an outrageous piece of saccharine kitsch -- or, at least, it might have been had the movie seemed fully awake. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie does contain a love story, but it's the kind of guarded passion that grows between two people who spend a lot of time keeping their priorities straight. Read more

Time Out: Lawrence Kasdan, it seems, mulled over the first draft of his screenplay twenty years ago; it should have been left to languish in development purgatory. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: A jumbled mess, with a few enjoyable moments but little continuity or flow. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It's only a matter of time before love arises between Mr. Earphone and Ms. High Note. By that time, Bodyguard has slumped to the ground. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: [Costner] was probably more alive as the corpse in The Big Chill than he is here. Read more