Name: The Lifeguard
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 2013-08-30
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Joshua Harto, Alex Shaffer

2013·Drama·1h 38m

6.9

★

Leigh, feeling unfulfilled, quits her reporter job in New York and returns to the place she last felt happy: her childhood home in Connecticut. She takes a job as a lifeguard, regresses into adolescent behavior, and begins a dangerous relationship with a troubled teenager, leading to consequences for everyone involved.

Directed by Liz W. Garcia

new york city

suicide

home

swimming pool

marijuana

reporter

relationship

childhood

lifeguard

valedictorian

woman director

Trailer

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Cast

Kristen Bell

Leigh

Mamie Gummer

Mel

Martin Starr

Todd

Joshua Harto

John

Alex Shaffer

Matt

David Lambert

Little Jason

Amy Madigan

Justine

Adam LeFevre

Hans

John Finn

Big Jason

Paulie Litt

Lumpy

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Raj

Carlos Velazquez

Marco

Crew

Liz W. Garcia

Director

Liz W. Garcia

Writer

Fred Avril

Original Music Composer

Popular Reviews

31 reviews

Matt Golden

3.3★ · 03/30/25

Why would she do this film and why did i press play

Landon

1.0★ · 05/31/24

This script was really bad, dnf.

Bertrand Mandico

trigger warning: suicide

valenvstheworld

3.0★ · 05/13/20

i've only seen brandon from the fosters make out with his sister and with a 30 (29) year old woman. i simply do not truust him

Dhario Desousa

4.2★ · 08/04/19

Several aspects of this movie are almost completely inexplicable (for example, why is Martin Starr here and what is he doing and where does he end up), but I actually quite like the romance.