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A broad, glossy action-comedy with a few easy laughs and appealing star chemistry, but the jokes are thin, the plot is routine, and the runtime feels longer than the material deserves. It works best as lightweight background entertainment rather than a genuinely sharp or memorable comedy.
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Thu · 1h 56m
Director: Seth Gordon
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
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.
Seth Gordon
Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
A broad, glossy action-comedy with a few easy laughs and appealing star chemistry, but the jokes are thin, the plot is routine, and the runtime feels longer than the material deserves. It works best as lightweight background entertainment rather than a genuinely sharp or memorable comedy.
Baywatch is built like a summer product: bright colors, sculpted bodies, easy jokes, and a crime plot that exists mostly to keep the cast moving. The movie has a few genuine sparks, especially when it leans into the odd-couple energy between its leads, but it rarely turns that chemistry into sustained comedy.
The humor is broad and often repetitive, with a lot of the runtime spent stretching one-note bits past their expiration date. The action is serviceable and the beach setting gives it a polished, sun-dazed look, but the film never quite finds a rhythm that makes the whole package feel sharper than a TV reboot joke.
If you like star-driven nonsense and can enjoy a movie that knows it is ridiculous, there is some disposable fun here. For most viewers, though, it lands closer to a mildly amusing hangout than a must-see comedy-action hybrid.
Framesofnick (1★) · 1978 likes
Sometimes I used to eat sand as a kid for the crunchy salty taste
Bethany (2★) · 995 likes
if alexandra daddario punched me in the face i would say thank you also the rock calling zac “high school musical” threw me into another dimension
Jack (2.5★) · 765 likes
there's an issue when Silence feels shorter than your 116 minute comedy.
Frank (0.5★) · 544 likes
It's not a good idea to make a comedy that stars ZERO comedians. Painfully bad. (NOTE: This movie killed Nu-Frank)
shay (1.5★) · 396 likes
the rock calling zac efron by saying "hey high school musical" had my 2006 troy bolton what about us what about everything we've been through loving self screaming internally
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