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Fifteen-year-old Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) switches schools and instantly alienates the bullies in his new class. They threaten to mangle him unless he forks over his lunch money. So Cliff finds a bodyguard, hulking Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin) who, the rumor goes, has killed a kid, raped a teacher, and shot a cop. Cliff eventually wins over the silent, secretive Ricky, and the two score a rousing--and hilarious--final victory over the bullies who have tormented them since...
While all the characters in Ormsby's script are stereotypes, he has endowed each of them with unusual depth. Only Makepeace's Clifford is awkward at times. He must be the wimp and the hero at once, a difficult role for any actor, and a task just beyond Makepeace's grasp. But Baldwin and Matt Dillon, as big bully Melvin Moody, are superb in roles no less difficult. As for the adults, Martin Mull and John Houseman appear fleetingly, and Ruth Gordon sticks to her tried-and-true role as a sex-hungry...
...situation is familiar: a new boy in a tough school makes a couple of social blunders and finds himself the target of a bullying gang's wrath. But the method that undersized Clifford (Chris Makepeace) uses to solve his problem is novel. He persuades Linderman (Adam Baldwin), the biggest lad in his class, and one wrapped in a menacing silence, to act as his bodyguard. In the course of their nicely developed relationship, Clifford discovers that his new friend's silence is motivated by a dark but not dingy secret, which understanding can cure. By the time...
This is a small, frail movie, but it grapples honestly with some archetypal adolescent problems. It also contains some decent comedy involving Clifford's family - his father (Martin Mull) as a harassed hotel manager, his grandmother (Ruth Gordon) as a dotty eccentric. Actor-Producer Tony Bill, in his directorial debut, gets good use out of his Chicago locations, and he has an unmushy view of teen-age life. Grownups may feel a trifle odd stepping up to the box office for this one if unescorted by a child but, with one along, may find surprising dividends. My Bodyguard...
...forest products firm in 1973. He later served as treasurer of Time Inc. and publisher of FORTUNE, and is now chairman of Inland Container Corp., a Time Inc. subsidiary that produces corrugated boxes. In his new post, Grum will supervise the activities of five group vice presidents. Says Heiskell: "Clifford is a very savvy, financially oriented man with a good knowledge of the forest products business...