My Bodyguard.My Bodyguard (20th Century Fox, 1980). Clifford (Chris Makepeace) is the new kid in school: smart, funny, and slight enough to make the perfect target for bullies like Moody (Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ), who slouch slouch v. slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es v.intr. 1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture. 2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat. v. in the back row of class and extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of lunch money from smaller prey. But Clifford decides to outsource his troubles by hiring a quiet toughie named Linderman (Adam Baldwin) to protect him, which provokes an escalation in bullying, forcing both Clifford and Linderman to face their own demons Demons See also devil; evil; ghosts; hell; spirits and spiritualism. ademonist one who denies the existence of the devil or demons. bogyism, bogeyism recognition of the existence of demons and goblins. . Makepeace and Baldwin have a wonderful chemistry, and Ruth Gordon and Martin Mull are terrific as Clifford's "gramma" and dad. *** 1/2 PATRICK MCCORMICK, professor of Christian ethics at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. |
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