Baywatch
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 25, 2017
4.7
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MiniMovieManiacFeb 6, 2019
I know this movie is supposed to be a dumb, fun, summer comedy. While the movie is self-aware of this, it even failed to land some of the comedy that should’ve the center point of the whole movie. Meaning that there are certain jokes thatI know this movie is supposed to be a dumb, fun, summer comedy. While the movie is self-aware of this, it even failed to land some of the comedy that should’ve the center point of the whole movie. Meaning that there are certain jokes that didn’t land and they just kept going which made me even role my eyes. When a comedies jokes don’t land and go on too long it’s a sign that the movie is becoming more dumb than fun. The comedy shouldn’t have annoyed me, meaning that bad jokes just went on for too long or didn’t lead to better jokes. While the movie is self-aware, and kind of fun, it fails on a comedic level that makes movies like this enjoyable for audiences who will see this movie. Some people might find the raunchy comedy really funny if that’s what they like, but if you, in general, like comedies you might not be laughing as much as you thought you would be during this movie.… Expand
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Voodoo123Aug 25, 2017
Found this to be quite unwatchable. Plays like a 116 minute pop music video with 2-3 second cuts everywhere. Doesn't know if it wants to be serious or comedic in tone yet fails at both. Sadly the charismatic cast weren't enough to rescue thisFound this to be quite unwatchable. Plays like a 116 minute pop music video with 2-3 second cuts everywhere. Doesn't know if it wants to be serious or comedic in tone yet fails at both. Sadly the charismatic cast weren't enough to rescue this movie from below par entertainment.… Expand
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MaxPayneIsGodJun 4, 2018
Slightly entertaining, thoroughly horrendous, juvenile, and cliche riddled; a teenage boy's fantasy. The story is garbage and the acting is just as bad. If Dwayne Johnson wasn't Dwayne Johnson this would have been career suicide
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JarodyFeb 17, 2018
Baywatch is the most cringe-inducing movie of the year, I was wincing throughout the whole movie. The first 30 minutes are some of the worst film making I have seen in my life, the jokes are awful, the story is cliche and predictable and theBaywatch is the most cringe-inducing movie of the year, I was wincing throughout the whole movie. The first 30 minutes are some of the worst film making I have seen in my life, the jokes are awful, the story is cliche and predictable and the opening scene is quite possibly the worst movie scene of the year. The special effects are some of the worst I've seen for a movie of this calibre, and don't get me started on some of the performances. The performances from some of the actors are so bad that the characters are really unlikable. Priyanka Chopra gets the worst actor award for this one. Dwayne Johnson is the only redeemable thing about this movie, and he doesn't even put in his best performance.… Expand
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Critic_MeisterJun 15, 2017
Despite having a decent cast, the writing in Baywatch makes great actors like Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario look like amateurs. The plot and story is also extremely poorly written.
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ZackTombsonJul 25, 2017
the story line is weak, and it felt flat the whole time
nothing interesting happened :/
they could've made it way better but i guess the writers are lazy now adays.
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bdubzMay 15, 2019
If you can make it through this movie, you are probably an immature 16 year old boy with absolutely nothing better to do. Embarrassed for the cast.
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YodaUTMay 27, 2017
I really thought George DonkeyPenis did a great job obliterating the screen. Alexandras had some nice boobs but the dialogue here was a joke. The DonkeyPenis monologues in the end detracted from the story, which led to an overall failure ofI really thought George DonkeyPenis did a great job obliterating the screen. Alexandras had some nice boobs but the dialogue here was a joke. The DonkeyPenis monologues in the end detracted from the story, which led to an overall failure of the screenplay as a toke. -Mang… Expand
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EpicLadySpongeMay 25, 2017
This Baywatch movie is a saddened disgrace of its source material back in 1989 and that isn't trying to say enough. Even though it opens a day earlier than intended, this is most likely the quickest method to wasting money on something thatThis Baywatch movie is a saddened disgrace of its source material back in 1989 and that isn't trying to say enough. Even though it opens a day earlier than intended, this is most likely the quickest method to wasting money on something that was expected to be great in the first place.… Expand
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Cousin_RaditzJun 17, 2017
Horrible. At the beggining you think is going to be kind of a "scary movie" or a "american pie", but with lifeguards, but it worns off really quick. 3/4 of the movie you will cringe after hearing some of the lowest type of jokes, mixed withHorrible. At the beggining you think is going to be kind of a "scary movie" or a "american pie", but with lifeguards, but it worns off really quick. 3/4 of the movie you will cringe after hearing some of the lowest type of jokes, mixed with heart-breaking clichè dialogs. You will be doing a favor to yourself staying away from this movie.… Expand
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Valhalla1993May 27, 2017
What a piece of joke. Is this the best what Hollywood can do? The same boring jokes, vulgar dick jokes. Totally unfunny. Please Hollywood, change your meds.
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skykappahSep 12, 2017
So bad it made me angry... It's basically an insanely long Saturday Night Live sketch that's outstayed it's welcome... It runs for 2 freakin hours!! Tonally it switches from slapstick comedy to cheesy year 2000 action, which doesn't work andSo bad it made me angry... It's basically an insanely long Saturday Night Live sketch that's outstayed it's welcome... It runs for 2 freakin hours!! Tonally it switches from slapstick comedy to cheesy year 2000 action, which doesn't work and is jarring. Storywise, there pretty much isn't one.... Corny Priyanka Chopra drug lord being all drug lordy on Dwayne's beach, it's up to the crappy Baywatch team to stop them. That's it.
Just about everybody is phoning it in, except for Jon Bass who is quite funny as Ronnie.
I give it 1 point for Ronnie and 1 point for the few jokes that worked. Otherwise one of the worst films I've ever seen.… Expand
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bfoore90Jun 10, 2017
I love Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, guys a great actor and has the ability to make even average movies watchable (ie. The Fast and the Furious franchise) Unfortunately, I don't even think he could save this tired rehash of the old TV show. MyI love Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, guys a great actor and has the ability to make even average movies watchable (ie. The Fast and the Furious franchise) Unfortunately, I don't even think he could save this tired rehash of the old TV show. My main complaint with this was that I felt like it was trying too hard to be like 21 Jump Street with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum but lacked the heart and the comedy to even compare to those movies. I pondered why this movie was even made and what compelled The Rock and Zack Efron to even waste their talents on such garbage.… Expand
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ATRLModneysJun 20, 2017
Another tragic attempt by Zac Efron to get a hit. And again, he failed. The movie is very lame and cringe-worthy. Did not like it at all. People even left the theater during the film, the security was going crazy, but the movie is simply horrible.
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TVJerryJun 1, 2017
Dwayne Johnson stars as the cool lifeguard leader and Zac Efron plays the unruly new recruit, as they solve one of the most unoriginal crimes ever committed for cinema. There are several impossibly-toned women to round out the team and oneDwayne Johnson stars as the cool lifeguard leader and Zac Efron plays the unruly new recruit, as they solve one of the most unoriginal crimes ever committed for cinema. There are several impossibly-toned women to round out the team and one nebbish for comic relief who's never funny. This is supposed to be a spoof, but the gags all fall face first in the sand. With the exception of Efron's ridiculously ripped body and all the women's heaving cleavages, there's nothing in this movie worth seeing. NOTE: In addition to the dumb outtakes during the credits, there's one final stupid joke at the end.… Expand
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robertoiglesiasJan 15, 2018
Baywatch is very stupid, not funny at all, has a crappy story, and fails because this film has lots of messed up characters and scenes. Yuck.
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LeZeeNov 4, 2017
When lifeguards turned homicides!

In the 90s, when the original television series was aired, I was just a kid. Then it was too sexy, that I was not allowed to watch. The world has changed so much all these years. I always wanted to see that,When lifeguards turned homicides!

In the 90s, when the original television series was aired, I was just a kid. Then it was too sexy, that I was not allowed to watch. The world has changed so much all these years. I always wanted to see that, but never had a chance. Now a film, possibly a new franchise if it all goes well. There were lots of expectations on it, but the film did not deliver that. Yet they have already announced a sequel.

The bay security team is now recruiting new members. Three joins as the trainee after the tryout. Within a few days, a couple of suspicious deaths happen in the bay. The cops are not worried to solve it, but the Baywatch team jumps in and starts their own investigation. That leads them to a dangerous territory. From there, how they deal with it was revealed with some action-thriller.

Pumped up body, starring alongside a current top star, nothing is working for Zac Efron. He's just an accidental actor, won't survive long, unless he turns it all his way like Ben Afflect did. On the other hand, Dwayne was awesome. All the other actors too. Priyanka was not ideal for such role. Because an Indian in a negative role for an American film, nah, it does not work. India keeps all the thugs and sends only engineers, doctors, scientist et cetera to the foreign lands. A Chinese or a Russian villain works better.

No suspense. Everything was open from the beginning itself. Some of the comedies were good, but some were most absurd. Especially, I did not like the storyline. The Bay security force not doing their job, but police work. It goes completely out of the frame. It's okay doing same within their enclosure, but the film entered beyond that. Thus, the film missed to cover the beach events as what the title had promised. I hope the sequel would fall in line.

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AndremaxFeb 21, 2020
At beginning, Baywatch is silly but funny. From second act onward, plot adds a absolutely flat mysterious charge and suddently all jokes starts to getting poor. In another words, movie is 20% funny and 80% irritating.
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dpaudiophileMay 29, 2017
Nostalgia - The remebrance of a good time or event that makes you happy.

Baywatch in the 1990s was a cringe-worthy show, but it was much better than this piece of garbage of a movie. All this movie does is try and capitalize on the BaywatchNostalgia - The remebrance of a good time or event that makes you happy.

Baywatch in the 1990s was a cringe-worthy show, but it was much better than this piece of garbage of a movie. All this movie does is try and capitalize on the Baywatch name. Visually it does that fairly well, what with all of the sexy people dressed in red, and the logo and all that superficial **** Besides making fun of the slightly overweight friend, this movie is a vehicle for The Rock to flex his muscles and show off his acting "skills"… Expand
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weemsMay 31, 2017
I didn't want the show, so I went into this movie banking on The Rock and Zac Efron. Not huge fans of either actor, but I've been fairly impressed with their comedies in the past. I was really hoping the movie would turn out like 21 JumpI didn't want the show, so I went into this movie banking on The Rock and Zac Efron. Not huge fans of either actor, but I've been fairly impressed with their comedies in the past. I was really hoping the movie would turn out like 21 Jump Street, but it didn't even come close. Overall The Rock and Zac Efron had pretty good chemistry together, but they definitely could have been utilized more. Priyanka Chopra did a pretty good job as the villain, but outside of these things the movie was fairly awful. The other characters in the movie were one dimensional and just felt more like props than anything else. They didn't really spend any time going into their back stories except for quick one liners to justify a character's knowledge or deliver a bad joke. Some of the scenes in the movie also seemed unnecessary or lacked content. A good example from the trailer is the scene where Zac Efron is wearing the dress. The scene starts, Mitch/The Rock makes fun of him, they find what they are looking for and then the scene ends. No one stops to stare at him, nor does it result in them getting caught, all it did was stress that his character was stupid, which had been confirmed multiple times prior to that scene. Scenes like this happened frequently throughout the movie. A scene that appears to set up for something that will probably be hilarious and then nothing happens. TL;DR Skip the movie. Not enough humor to make the ticket price worth it. If Hollywood was banking on people showing up because of women in swimsuits and bikinis, clearly they are not aware of the internet.… Expand
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BroyaxOct 17, 2017
La série dont est inspirée cette horreur est déjà réputée pour sa débilité mais qu'à cela ne tienne ! "on" a décidé ici de se surpasser et de faire péter tous les records au débilemètre. C'est à un tel point qu'on a très vite l'impression deLa série dont est inspirée cette horreur est déjà réputée pour sa débilité mais qu'à cela ne tienne ! "on" a décidé ici de se surpasser et de faire péter tous les records au débilemètre. C'est à un tel point qu'on a très vite l'impression de regarder un "Scary Movie" ou autre caricature grotesque à petit budget qui se fout ouvertement de la gueule des grosses productions et licences hollymerdiennes.

Bref, l'humour à la "American Pie" est de sortie avec par exemple un gros geek qui passe trop sa vie sur Steam (le fiston du gros Gabe sans doute) et qui se coince la bite dans un transat : l'équipe intervient donc immédiatement... Cela étant, il finit tout de même dans l'équipe des sauveteurs pour satisfaire l'agenda SJW (social justice warriors).

Evidemment, la tête de gogol et de gondole vient jouer de ses pectoraux à l'EPO, l'ex-catcheur Johnson qui serait tellement mieux à sa place dans une pub pour Canard vécés avec ses Ray-Ban sur la bouteille : on tient là le successeur de Monsieur Propre.

Mais ce n'est pas le pire -quoique... y a photo à l'arrivée- car le bellâtre est de sortie (pas de Baychiasse sans bellâtre, foutredieu !) en la "personne" de Zac Etron -un nom prédestiné qu'il a fait changer in extremis. Zac a pris des produits lui aussi -une putain de pharmacie ambulante- et exhibe fièrement ses tablettes de chocolat à faire mourir de honte Léonidas. Il a naturellement l'intelligence d'une huître et franchement c'est pas gentil pour les huîtres de dire ça : j'ai connu des huîtres qui jouaient aux échecs.

Enfin, évidemment, on a tout un lot de bombasses, nichons bringuebalant et épilages de maillot à... quoi, on ne veut pas le savoir. La caméra s'attarde en passant sur ces jolis culs mais pas trop quand même ("on" ne voudrait pas que ça vire NC-17). Quant à leur QI, il est dans les nichons.

Le scénario (?!) et les dialogues (!!) en sont presque drôles à l'insu de leur totale ignorance, car on a beau chercher mais tout demeure au très premier degré dans cette chienlit de demeurés, de quoi faire passer la série originale pour du Proust ou du Kant.

On regarde, hypnotisé (car la connerie est hypnotique) puis on sort de sa torpeur au bout d'une heure en se disant qu'on approche du générique... mais non mon gars, il reste encore une putain d'heure à subir !

Avant de vomir comme Zac le bellâtre, le bien nommé "rapido vomito" (sic !), on arrête de chier et on tire vite la chasse.… Expand
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AndrewBurgeJun 9, 2018
From the beginning, Seth Gordon's 'Baywatch' is a difficult film to watch, but not for the reasons you might think. It involves dozens of unnecessary cuts, its soundtrack changes from one mediocre frat boys party anthem to another, and I amFrom the beginning, Seth Gordon's 'Baywatch' is a difficult film to watch, but not for the reasons you might think. It involves dozens of unnecessary cuts, its soundtrack changes from one mediocre frat boys party anthem to another, and I am not even going to mention the continuity issues which, of course, are a sin which permeate most films, even great ones. But here they are too many and too obvious.

There definitely is a deep message about teamwork, dedication and overall life lessons in this film, but unfortunately is hidden deep under its poor execution. To be more specific, the biggest issue here is the characters, which are written with cliche personalities like your devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson), hot-shot Olympic pretty-boy Matt Brody (Zac Efron), nerdy tech savvy awkward teenager Ronnie Greenbaum (Jon Bass) and your pretty girls Stephanie, CJ and Summer (Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelly Rohrbach and Alexandra Daddario). But it does not stop here. It feels as if the film misses the way it wants you to report to each characters. While Brody is supposed to be the black sheep of the group, he often seems as a voice of reason, being the only one mentioning calling the police when Baywatch's own Scooby-Doo gang wants to save an again clichee white collar criminal plot led by an again clichee seductive and dangerous corporate woman, Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra). Also, you cannot help but feel that Mitch's ridiculous ambitious dedication and his machismo bravado make him feel like a psychologically scarred vigilante going beyond his reach to protect the beach, kinda like a Batman only... without the cool gadgets and brooding personality. Not to even mention the montage scene in which, after he gets fired, works at an electronics store. It is cringe worthy and laughable... just like his too numerous heroic acts of life-saving which get tiring quickly.

There is a good part though, which this film nails really well. That is the references to the original Baywatch series. It seems that Gordon understands that the heart and soul of these references are more important than their number. There are like-able cameos by David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson and nice parodies to the infamous slow motion scenes. Unfortunately there are also many jokes which are simply misses due to poor execution and worse, they are often prolonged, like when Ronnie stuck his genitals between two wooden planks of a sunbed and also the overall lame writing of Leeds' only two mobsters. Seriously, you thought she would have like a whole mob.

Overall, 'Baywatch' does not make an effort into complicating itself. Yet it also fails in coordinating its simple plot to the point in which discontinuity becomes part of the plot continuity! Like the scene in which Brody is held hostage by Leeds but he escapes through 'clever' editing and a firework display caused by Ronnie when he saw a 'big red button' as he immediately proceeded to... flip the switch right next to it. I really wanted to like this film. I could get over the cliche characters and linear plot, but not over the inability to manage its simplicity.… Expand
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harvdog03Oct 30, 2018
This movie was terrible. I didnt expect much since the original tv show was cheesy but my word this was so bad. The Rock doing stupid jokes is in fact not that funny. The only funny part was when he called Zac Efron's character high schoolThis movie was terrible. I didnt expect much since the original tv show was cheesy but my word this was so bad. The Rock doing stupid jokes is in fact not that funny. The only funny part was when he called Zac Efron's character high school musical.… Expand
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ProfAmateurOct 31, 2022
So much **** in one movie. I can't be more primitive. The cast fits perfectly..
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