Douglas Just watched the movie on late night TV. I thought the main plot point of the twenty-something needing to take a break to find herself was fine, but the movie tried to throw in too many subplots/story lines. The result is that it didn't properly explore any of them. Some of the subplots should have been eliminated so that the film could devote that time to development of the other subplots and the supporting characters.I also didn't really understand why it was set in CT based on the plot but that could just be that I'm not a New Englander. I just couldn't relate.

shanikayrs I given the movie a 7 stars but after reading the reviews of rotten tomatoes ( where mentioned the movie as a sappy ) given another extra star and make rating 8 stars. I we all can be Leigh, Jason , Mel more or less anyone this movie. This is what the life is about. Well crafted created imaginations are great, Closed shaved nuance of real life are great as much as same.I think all the versatile movie movie critics out there should humble enough to see this. Almost all the main characters in the movie are troubled, so the movie line it self daunting, but if you can go along the life like this you obviously can go along in the movie and fall in love with that. Finally - The Lifeguard is a great movie with strong direction and cast.Love it !

SnoopyStyle Leigh London (Kristen Bell) is 29 and ten months old. She's a reporter in NYC. She feels lost and moves back in with her parents (Amy Madigan). She reconnects with her school friends Mel (Mamie Gummer) and Todd (Martin Starr). Mel is the high school vice-principal and struggling to get pregnant. Todd is still in the closet. Leigh gets her old lifeguard job at the pool. She befriends pool maintenance guy's teenage son Little Jason (David Lambert) and they become more.I really love Mamie Gummer and her struggles. I like Martin Starr also and his story could be expanded. Kristen Bell's story is probably the least interesting of the three. I still like her but it's not like she's having a grand romance. It would be better to have more time with Gummer and Starr. It takes too long having sexy time with Bell and Lambert. I didn't think it was that type of movie. There is also the character Matt. He is a big part of the ending. He should have been a much bigger part of the story. The movie should spends more time with him than the little section with Todd. He should be a bigger character. Both Matt and Little Jason are not particularly compelling. I love the three main actors but this isn't quite special enough.

toddxdavis The good news is this film cannot be placed in one of the common genres. The directing was good, the scenes gave depth such as the vacant pool shot from a low height and the close ups of the characters inspired an emotional response. The acting seemed appropriate to the story, the story did not connect with me so the acting seemed just adequate and not great by any of the charactersI saw several previous films combined in The Lifeguard. Summer of 42 for the coming of age element. The Year of Living Dangerously for tiger in the apartment. And her bus trip to and from NYC was reminiscent of many 'you can't go back' movies. Her parents reminded me of the televangelist fans in Repo Man. Overall I usually defend Kristen Bell and her acting was okay but was this the right movie for her?