The Watch

7/27/20121h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

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Overview:

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.

Director:

Akiva Schaffer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$68,000,000.00

Revenue:

$68,267,862.00

Key words:

friendship
marriage
castration
sterility
alien
suburb
alien invasion
death
teenage daughter
neighborhood watch
creepy neighbor

Cast

Ben Stiller

~ as ~

Evan

Vince Vaughn

~ as ~

Bob

Jonah Hill

~ as ~

Franklin

Richard Ayoade

~ as ~

Jamarcus

Rosemarie DeWitt

~ as ~

Abby

Erinn Hayes

~ as ~

Bob's Wife

Erin Moriarty

~ as ~

Chelsea

Jill Jane Clements

~ as ~

City Council Woman

Will Forte

~ as ~

Sergeant Bressman

Mel Rodriguez

~ as ~

Chucho

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Reviews (1)

Kamurai
Written 5 year(s) ago
3
Horrible watch, won't watch again, and do not recommend.

I'm not a big fan of Ben Stiller (most of the time), and definitely not Vince Vaughn. I like Jonah Hill, but this is after he found some range and before he learned to control it, intense doesn't not equate funny. I thought Richard Ayoade would save it, but he just stood by and watched the train wreck happen. I do chuckle a bit thinking of him asking the other guys if this is stuff Americans find funny.

This has a great premise, average joes find alien invaders, so good in fact, it's basically a trope, but the way this presents it feels like they tried to steal it from "Laser Team" and then legally distinct it from that property.

Long story short, there just isn't a lot of value in the movie. It's not that funny, it is basically a huge commercial for Costco and some other obvious brands. There is so much money poured into something that feels like a waste.

Don't get me wrong, it's done by professionals, it looks great, even if I don't like the Xenos design, and there is a decent script at the core of this. There is just an overall fail of execution, and lack of interesting characters and story.

You should go watch "The World's End" instead.