Synopsis
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
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Cast
- Dwayne JohnsonMitch Buchanan
- Zac EfronMatt Brody
- Priyanka Chopra JonasVictoria Leeds
- Alexandra DaddarioSummer Quinn
- Jon BassRonnie Greenbaum
- Hannibal BuressDave the Tech
- Kelly RohrbachC.J. Parker
- Ilfenesh HaderaStephanie Holden
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen IISgt. Ellerbee
- Oscar NunezCouncilman Rodriguez
Recommendations
- 67
IndieWire
Baywatch won’t blow anything out of the water (except for the boat it sets on fire), but it will certainly make a splash. - 50
Variety
The trouble is that the movie plays it boringly straight. - 50
Slant Magazine
In terms of body objectification, Baywatch is an equal-opportunity exploiter, but when it comes to comedy, it's a total boys' club. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Johnson and Efron possess impressive muscles, but the performers have never done as much heavy lifting as they do here. And to their credit, they succeed to some degree. - 38
Movie Nation
It’s a goof that isn’t goofy enough, a romp that doesn’t, and a tone-deaf riff on a show that was already a parody, in and of itself. - 30
Screen Daily
The film may pretend it’s more sophisticated than the show that spawned it, but its comedic stylings are alarmingly regressive. - 25
TheWrap
A summer franchise movie that can’t decide if it wants to be a hard-R bawdy comedy, a d-bag-comes-of-age tale or a fairly unironic reboot of the glossy TV show (which ran from 1989-2001), Baywatch fails at all three, despite the best efforts of the perennially game Johnson and Zac Efron. - 20
The Guardian
By about halfway in, the gags dry up and the story sinks like an overweight tourist who took a dip too early after the all-you-can-eat surf ’n’ turf buffet.
