Synopsis
The Lifeguard (2013) is a US drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Liz W. Garcia follows Leigh, a thirty-year-old reporter who quits her New York job and drives back to her parents' house in Connecticut, looking for the version of herself that seemed more solid at seventeen. She picks up a summer shift as a pool lifeguard. Kristen Bell plays her with a convincing mix of self-awareness and self-destruction.
Leigh starts sliding back into adolescent rhythms — late nights, weed, no plans. A sixteen-year-old named Jason ends up in her orbit, and the relationship tips into territory that closes doors for everyone around her. Mamie Gummer and Martin Starr play old friends whose own grown-up lives have stalled out in different ways. The film does not judge Leigh so much as observe her, which makes the damage it traces feel more honest than dramatic. Stream The Lifeguard (2013) online on iFILM.
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