The Watch

R16

2012

102 mins

Directed by Akiva Schaffer
16%
39%
Comedy
Science Fiction

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade star in this suburban sci-fi comedy about four family... More

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and The IT Crowd's Richard Ayoade star in this suburban sci-fi comedy about four family men that form a neighbourhood watch in order to get time away from their families, only to discover a plot to destroy the Earth. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), from the director of Hot Rod.

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The Watch | Ratings & Reviews

16_%167 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
39_%80,913 reviews
Audience score rating

"A lowbrow, lame-brained mash-up of buddies-on-patrol comedy and sci-fi actioner."

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Variety

"If you can ignore the disturbing parallels with recent events, this middle-aged, Middle-American Attack The Block raises a laugh."

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Total Film

"You're unlikely to laugh much, and you may get an unexpected case of the non-art-imitates-bad-life creeps."

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Time Magazine

"Directed by Akiva Schaffer from a screenplay by Jared Stern, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the movie clumsily juggles two loosely connected concepts."

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The New York Times

"It's got a cast to kill for, a Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg script (they wrote Superbad) and a promisingly Ghostbusters-ish premise. And yet it's catastrophic."

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The Guardian

"Then there's the movie itself, which should be crazy, stupid fun but settles for just stupid."

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Rolling Stone

"A career low for everyone involved."

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Little White Lies

"Lacking the bite of 'Attack The Block', Stiller and co. are happy to fall back on their usual shtick, with director Schaffer providing barely enough juice to power the laughs."

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