Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5797 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-04-23
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 102 minutes

From Amazon.com
The son (Chris Makepeace) of a hotel manager (Martin Mull) finds himself the target of the school bully (Matt Dillon, in his breakthrough movie role). So he makes an offer to a school outcast--the biggest kid in class (Adam Baldwin), who reputedly has actually killed someone. He'll pay him to be his bodyguard against the bully. But the business arrangement turns into friendship, even as the smaller boy learns his new friend's secret shame. The first film by director-producer Tony Bill, this one comes down a little too heavily on the feel-good notes (and includes a gratingly precious appearance by Ruth Gordon in her lovable eccentric mode) but works because of strong performances by its young cast. --Marshall Fine

Review
My Bodyguard is propelled by some fine acting from its primarily young cast. The performances of the main teen players (Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, and Matt Dillon) and the supporting adults (Ruth Gordon and Martin Mull) are convincing and genuine. Dillon made a splash in 1979's dystopian Over the Edge, and he stands out here as the creepy school bully. The interplay between Makepeace and Baldwin, however, is the film's most compelling aspect. The film was clearly cast in the same underdog-champion mold of the Rocky films, but it also had a deceptively sweet tone that went against the grain of the usually bitter teen pictures of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Such a sweetness prefigured the explosion of the teen comedy-dramas of the mid-1980s, notably the films of John Hughes. The picture was a critical and popular success, and it marked the feature-film directorial debut of actor-producer Tony Bill. ~ Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide

On the DVD
Theatrical trailer & TV spots
Interactive menus
Scene selection
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1)
Pan & scan (aspect ratio 1.33:1)
Audio: English Dolby Surround, English mono, French mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Customer Reviews

First acting job for Jennifer Beals
Ob movie. Watched it only to see Jennifer Beals in her first acting role.

Liked it at 10, loved it at 33
... When I saw the My Bodyguard DVD ...I thought what the hell. I got home and was genually moved by it, and could remember all of it. This simple story of teen friendship
without gun play, thumping soundtrack, or computer imagery.
The acting is good (great in the case of Matt Dillon), and yes there are some descrete hints that it may be more than friendship...

A pity that its a bare bones release,...

" My Bodyguard Rules!"
The story is basically about a boy named Clifford, who has just moved to a new school. Everything seems to be going well until he meets up with Moody and his gang, the school bullies. They arent just your typical gang of bullies the're a gang of extortionists, promising protection to those who pay them. When Clifford refuses, Moody gets angry and starts to bully Clifford. Then one day Clifford finds out about a boy his age named Ricky Linderman( about six feet three inches tall), who supposedly murdered his brother in cold blood. So naturally the entire school, including Moody and the gang fear him. One day Clifford offers to pay Ricky money to protect him from Moody, Ricky turns him down because he doesn't want to get involved. However this does not stop Clifford who proceeds to follow him home one day, the two form a close friendship and Ricky protects Clifford and the other kids from Moody and his extortion. And for awhile all seems to be going well until..... watch and see!