The Lifeguard

(2013)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 306 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 2013

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Liz W. Garcia

Cast: Кристен Белл, Мэми Гаммер, Мартин Старр, Джошуа Харто, Alex Shaffer, David Lambert, Эми Мэдиган, Адам ЛеФевр, Джон Финн, Paulie Litt

Plot

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.

29-year-old Leigh is on leave from her job in New York City after feeling a sense of emptiness and sadness in her life. Leigh has returned to her parents' home, to her high school job as a lifeguard and to her high school friends still in town. But Leigh continues to struggle in finding happiness since her parents don't approve and she's bullied by local kids at the pool. Leigh finds an almost like kindred spirit in high school student Little Jason; but when their friendship turns into an illicit relationship, her friends don't approve and even more tragedy awaits Leigh in her personal journey towards happiness.