2017 · comedy · action · crime
Baywatch
Directed by Seth Gordon1h 56m2017
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Our read: Baywatch (2017) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded comedy · action · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- kinetic
- intense
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How Baywatch feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want raunchy beach-comedy action with The Rock, slow-mo runs, and zero self-seriousness.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if crude sex jokes, corpse gags, or drug plots will kill the mood with parents nearby.
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