The Lifeguard (2013)
"This Summer Growing Up is Optional"
ThumbScore
👍 63%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 16%
(RT: 16%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is The Lifeguard good?
It's divisive. 63% audience score, estimated from 307 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 16%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
