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  • Guarding Tess
  • PG-13
  • A Secret Service agent (Nicolas Cage) is reassigned to protect a defiant former first lady (Shirley MacLaine) at her Ohio home.
  • Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton
  • Director: Hugh Wilson

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Guarding Tess Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score 46 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    MacLaine and Cage are really very good here.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    There are no big thrills, only gentle laughs in this light story by Hugh Wilson...

  • 75
    TV Guide |

    In its small way, however, it succeeds, thanks to director Hugh Wilson's light...

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    While it's understandable that it was thought that Tess needed something more,...

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