yenlo Review of Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess (1994)

Too far fetched for the drama portion to be taken seriously.

[16 January 2003]

While the intent is good I found this movie on the annoying side due to the fact that #1 no former first lady would ever get away with all the various antics/tantrums that this character gets away with. Frankly no one would care how mad she got if she couldn't get her way regardless of how her husband died in office or what he did for his VP who then becomes President. How many real Vice Presidents who became president catered to the every whim of their former bosses wife? For that matter did any ever even speak to their former bosses wife after they became president? #2 no secret service agent would allow himself to be bullied by someone like the Shirley Maclaine character or even the president for that matter. The Cage character is cast in such a way that he has to put up with all this because it's his job and if he quits then he has no where to go in life. Any secret service agent could write his own ticket out in the civilian world. Did the makers of this film think that the viewers are that stupid? Besides that the idiotic plot (possible spoiler here) of these guys (SS agents) who watch every little movement of their client like an Owl watches a field for a mouse are duped by a goofball chauffeur in a kidnap plot was too far fetched.