5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Guarding Tess (1994)
Guarding Tess (1994)
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.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
5.8
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around the interpersonal dynamics between a strong-willed former First Lady and her Secret Service detail, rather than an explicit ideological debate. The narrative's resolution emphasizes mutual understanding and pragmatic compromise, leading to a neutral political stance.
The film features a predominantly white main cast, consistent with traditional casting practices. The narrative does not appear to critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes, aligning with a neutral or positive framing of such identities.
Secondary
Guarding Tess does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot centers on the dynamic between the former First Lady Tess Carlisle and her Secret Service agent Doug Chesnic, without incorporating any queer representation or related storylines.
Guarding Tess does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes within its narrative. The film's storyline is exclusively focused on the dynamic between a former First Lady and her Secret Service detail, therefore, the portrayal of transsexual themes is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Guarding Tess is an original film without prior source material or historical figures. Therefore, no characters were established as a different gender in a previous canon or historical record to constitute a gender swap.
Guarding Tess (1994) is an original film, not an adaptation of existing source material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there are no pre-established canonical or historical racial identities to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.0
Critic Ratings
5.9
5.0
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