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Baywatch

Baywatch

Comedy · Action · Crime · 2017

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.

Movie details

Baywatch

“Don't worry, summer is coming.”

2017 Comedy · Action · Crime 1h 56m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Baywatch?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Seth Gordon

Written by

Jay Scherick · David Ronn · Thomas Lennon · Robert Ben Garant

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Mitch Buchanan

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Matt Brody

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Victoria Leeds

Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario

Summer Quinn

Kelly Rohrbach Walton

Kelly Rohrbach Walton

CJ Parker

Ilfenesh Hadera

Ilfenesh Hadera

Stephanie Holden

Jon Bass

Jon Bass

Ronnie Greenbaum

Court is in session

Put Baywatch on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.