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Name: The Guard
Released: 2011-7-8
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan

The Guard

R
1h 36m
2011

94%

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Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn’t much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle’s small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case. Left to run his territory to his liking for many years, he is not at all impressed when the FBI comes to town.

Director:

John Michael McDonagh

Producer:

Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez-Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

Cast:

Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

94%

Critics Consensus: A violent, crackerjack comedy with a strong Irish flavor and an eminently likable Brendan Gleeson in the main role.

Reviews

Vague Visages

Mark Seneviratne

There is no analytical framework to guide audiences towards a hollow understanding of raw talent. Gleeson's charisma is built-in, like all legendary performers, and this is most evident when his characters behave despicably.

Gleeson has rarely been better or been given such a showcase for his talent.

Flipping the street cop and well-to-do dynamic of 'Beverly Hills Cop' on its head, Cheadle's uptight Yale graduate is suitably stuffy when plonked in the Irish countryside.

The Guard offers just over 90-minutes of excellent escapism and guaranteed hilarity that is still worth seeking out even a decade after its original release.

October 12, 2021

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

The Guard may very well feature the year's best dialogue, perfectly suited for the awesomely talented Gleeson's blustery, energized and inspired delivery.

September 9, 2020

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