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Guarding Tess

1994 · 96 min · Director: Hugh Wilson ★ IMDb 6.2 · 21,073 ratings

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Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her.

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Guarding Tess (1994) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Empathy 25%, Love 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
15%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidence21 %5 %2 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor32 %13 %1 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor43 %20 %1 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor49 %22 %3 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor50 %20 %4 %12 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor48 %21 %4 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor44 %28 %4 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor46 %33 %4 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor46 %31 %4 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Empathy39 %21 %4 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Sadness41 %11 %5 %37 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Empathy45 %8 %7 %42 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Empathy45 %18 %5 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Tension52 %42 %1 %37 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Tension65 %63 %0 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension76 %75 %1 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Tension86 %85 %10 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Tension89 %72 %38 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Relief85 %42 %65 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

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Edward Albert

Barry Carlisle

James Rebhorn

Howard Shaeffer

JR
John Roselius

Tom Bahlor

David Graf

Lee Danielson

Don Yesso

Ralph Buoncristiani

JL
James Lally

Joe Spector

Bv
Brant von Hoffman

Bob Hutcherson

Harry Lennix

Kenny Young

Susan Blommaert

Kimberly Cannon

Dale Dye

Charles Ivy

James Handy

Neal Carlo

SS
Stephen S. Chen

Jimmy

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Katie O'Hara

Barbara

MC
Mark Conway

Caleb Harrison

DL
David L. King

Derrick Hastings

JB
Jane Beard

Kidnapper

Details

Directed by
Hugh Wilson
Type
Movies
Released
1994
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 21,073 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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