The Guardians (2017 film)


The Guardians is a 2017 French drama film directed and written by Xavier Beauvois. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

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, on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95%, based on 56 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Guardians proves that the oft-unraveled canvas of World War I still has fresh stories to tell — and adds another gorgeously filmed entry to Xavier Beauvois' filmography." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".