The Guard

2011 • 92 minutes

4.5

115 reviews

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About this movie

THE GUARD is a comedy-thriller set on the west coast of Ireland. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Ratings and reviews

4.5

115 reviews

Padraic Doyle

January 22, 2022

Totally engaging, full of pathos in the best way, great scenery and a good plot - with a great ending! I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Kristin Skarsholt

February 12, 2016

Funny (like, snort-your-drink funny), good story line, fantastic actors. The most Irish of films there ever was.

Dave Barratt

May 28, 2017

This should go down in movie history as a classic black comedy. Absolutely loved it!

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