Baywatch (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes

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Baywatch takes its source material's jiggle factor to R-rated levels, but lacks the original's campy charm -- and leaves its charming stars flailing in the shallows. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

When a dangerous crime wave hits the beach, the legendary Mitch Buchannon leads his elite squad of lifeguards on a mission to prove that you don't have to wear a badge to save the bay. Joined by a trio of hotshot recruits, including former Olympian Matt Brody, they ditch the surf and go deep under cover to take down a ruthless businesswoman whose devious plans threaten the future of the bay.

Rating:

R (Graphic Nudity|Crude Sexual Content|Language Throughout)
Genre:

comedy, action
Original Language:

English
Director:

Seth Gordon
Producer:

Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, Gregory J. Bonann, Beau Flynn, Ivan Reitman
Writer:

Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Release Date (Theaters):

May 25, 2017 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA):

$58.0M
Runtime:

1h 56m
Production Co:

Cold Spring Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Seven Bucks Productions, Contrafilm
Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Dwayne Johnson
Mitch Buchannon

Zac Efron
Matt Brody

Priyanka Chopra
Victoria Leeds

Alexandra Daddario
Summer Quinn

Kelly Rohrbach
C.J. Parker

Jon Bass
Ronnie Greenbaum

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Critic Reviews for Baywatch

All Critics (245) | Top Critics (68) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (202)

The biggest disappointment of this feature is that it's not even so bad it's good.

November 17, 2017 | Full Review…

Gary M. Kramer
Salon.com
The'Baywatch reboot is mildly diverting but altogether dull. Summer fun shouldn't feel like such a chore.

August 10, 2017 | Full Review…

K. Austin Collins
The Ringer
Suffice it to say, too, that there's a lot of delight to be had in the frothy union of the Bay and the Watch, much of it coming from Johnson, who carries the whole of this movie on his epically chiseled lats.

June 16, 2017 | Full Review…

Megan Garber
The Atlantic
Here is a film so poor, so half-arsed, and so contemptuous of its audience, that it screws up one of the great, (previously) infallible tropes of contemporary cinema: the David Hasslehoff cameo.

June 13, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
It's a long haul and despite his rescue efforts, the one-joke script fails to make it.

June 7, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald
Baywatch is a rare movie in one sense: it starts with a good plan, to spoof the 1980s and 90s television series on which it is based, and sticks to it.

June 2, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Romei
The Australian
Depending on your point of view Baywatch is either a mindless summer diversion or a continuation of Hollywood's exploitation of our collective nostalgia. Judge your interest level accordingly.

March 1, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
The antagonist goes so far as to compare herself to a Bond villain, which is an insult even to the very worst of the Bond villains.

December 5, 2020 | Rating: 3/10 | Full Review…

Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
You'll want to pay the piper for the interactions between Johnson and Efron.

November 10, 2020 | Full Review…

Dan Buffa
KSDK News (St. Louis)
No, Baywatch does not work in the comedic department... nor in the CGI, action, or script departments. [Full review in Spanish]

July 3, 2020 | Full Review…

Ricardo Gallegos
Pólvora
When The Rock is on screen, "Baywatch" is actually reasonably entertaining. But anytime he isn't, which is too often, it's painful.

July 1, 2020 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

Brent McKnight
The Last Thing I See
Baywatch is an amiable summer action-comedy ... Nothing about it is going to surprise you, its plot is pretty standard stuff ... funny at times, but not as funny as you would hope.

June 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Damond Fudge
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)

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Audience Reviews for Baywatch

Mar 10, 2018

pas le film de l'année, mais se prend pas trop au sérieux et est drôle par moment.

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