TWO STARS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
Combine Houston's music fans with Costner's international movie following and you've got a loyal, built-in constituency that cuts across entertainment boundaries and pays the critics no mind. ''I wanted to see this because of Whitney,'' says Lynette Williams, 28, a day-care counselor in Queens, N.Y. ''This girl can sing, you know?'' Chastity Krontz, 18, a saleswoman for Kodak in Arlington Heights, Ill., went for both stars. ''I really liked the soundtrack,'' she says. ''And I love Kevin Costner.'' Costner helped bring in the men as well: ''Because of Kevin and the subject matter, men were not the slightest bit turned off by it,'' says Friedman.

GIVE THEM AN ENDING THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
An airport runway, our hero standing alone as the propellers spin and the engine roars. But we're not in Casablanca anymore: Suddenly the plane stops and out runs his lover for one last smooch. After that, The Bodyguard seems to want it both ways. ''They end up together, definitely,'' says Westley Anderson, 36, a photographer and writer from Los Angeles. ''I think they broke up at the end,'' says Galonska.

''The ending's supposed to be vague,'' Houston says. ''Either way, you're gonna cry.'' New York City postal worker Mavis Smith, 33, who was attending her fifth showing, agrees: ''I like the way it ends. I hope it means we'll get to see them in another movie." Warner Bros. is probably hoping so too.

— Kate Meyers, with reporting by MB, Jane Birnbaum, James Earl Hardy, Heather Keats, Cindy Pearlman, Heidi Siegmund

Originally posted Feb 05, 1993 Published in issue #156 Feb 05, 1993 Order article reprints
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