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The Watch

The Watch

2012
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 42m
Suburban dads who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion. (imdb)

Directed by:

Akiva Schaffer

Screenwriter:

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jared Stern

Starring:

Billy Crudup, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, R. Lee Ermey, Doug Jones, Nicholas Braun, Jonah Hill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Carissa Capobianco, Erin Moriarty

Genres:

Comedy, Sci-fi

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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The Watch

2012
Comedy, Sci-fi
1h 42m
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kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Sep 2012
60
50th
I can see why this was maligned by reviewers, as the low brand of humor it is going for is, per definition, not in good taste. Nevermind that, though, for whenever the material is lacking in sophistication - or in general - the delivery always ranges from decent to hilarious. So if you find some of these guys funny (Hill is my favorite, but Ayoade was good, too), or just require easily consumable entertainment, I say: fuck the critics.
Rated 21 Sep 2012
ag0stomesmerAg0stoMesmer
Rated 19 Jul 2015
2
46th
COSTCO Bodysnatchers comedy, a COSTCO Septic THE WORLD'S END (2013), same COS... old Stiller ...TCO and Vaughn but Ayoade CO... and Hill ...STCO lifted what they got, that included slightly more gay COSTCO jokes than felt COSTCO MAGNUM appropriate COSTCO pfft
Rated 19 Jul 2015
terrymacterrymac
Rated 25 Jul 2013
40
10th
Richard Ayoade is always fun, and Jonah Hill was amusing to an extent. Generally though, despite me being a fan of crude humour, this just wasn't funny enough, or interesting enough. It just felt a bit underdeveloped, or incomplete. I did laugh a couple of times, but I'd struggle to recommend this.
Rated 25 Jul 2013
oldgoatoldgoat
Rated 26 Apr 2013
57
26th
Had some solid jokes later in the movie and picked up a general good pace, but it doesn't make for the almost pathetic first half to be worth recommending to someone.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 29 Aug 2012
60
52nd
Apart from perhaps Ayoade (if you haven't come across him previously) there is nothing new here. Stiller and Vaughn are just going over the the same old tricks. But this is perfectly enjoyable if your happy to listen to 90 odd minutes of cock jokes... which it turns out I was!
Rated 29 Aug 2012
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 31 Jul 2012
55
27th
Ehn. The title is pretty accurate being singular and all. (ONLY WATCHIN ONCE Y'ALL)
Rated 31 Jul 2012
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 19 Aug 2019
55
58th
okay movie
Rated 19 Aug 2019
jetboyjetboy
Rated 13 Jun 2013
77
55th
Ayoade and hill stole it !
Rated 13 Jun 2013
doctor7doctor7
Rated 23 Nov 2012
32
19th
Richard Ayoade is completely wasted on this film. There are a handful of, I have to begrudgingly admit, were hilarious but the majority of the film is just a crude and foul-mouthed garbage for the sake of crude and foul-mouthed garbage. Highly disappointing.
Rated 23 Nov 2012
ribcageribcage
Rated 20 Nov 2012
69
55th
loved the cast. good for a crude 90 minutes of absurd lowbrow humor.
Rated 20 Nov 2012
snazzSnazz
Rated 05 Nov 2012
60
50th
I dig it's blend of genres. It really gives it a wide variety of elements to draw from, that I all liked, and all along with the comedy as its core to tie it together of course.
Rated 05 Nov 2012
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 05 Nov 2012
3
23rd
Pretty bad. But still better than expected. With Stiller and Vaughn doing their somewhat tired routine, Ayoade and Hill steal the show.
Rated 05 Nov 2012
last_requestlast request
Rated 13 Sep 2012
69
54th
Decent low-key Friday night comedy that does what is says on the tin.
Rated 13 Sep 2012
wezzoWezzo
Rated 03 Sep 2012
84
63rd
Maybe it was the infectious, near-constant laughter of the audience in my screening. Maybe it was my inexplicable love of Ben Stiller, or my far more explicable love of Richard Ayoade. Maybe it was a result of reviews setting my expectations absurdly low. But this rates as one of the most pleasant surprises of the summer for me: I really, really enjoyed this movie. It's silly and dumb, but it was so much fun.
Rated 03 Sep 2012
nearphotisonNearphotison
Rated 07 Aug 2012
41
16th
Ayoade was the best part, but mostly because his shtick hasn't gotten old like Stiller, Vaughn and Hill's has.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
ytadelYtadel
Rated 01 Aug 2012
4
44th
Eh, fuck it, I liked it. I also liked the other critically-savaged Lonely Island-associated movies (Hot Rod and MacGruber). Lonely Island is a-ok with me. Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade are the highlights.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 18 Oct 2023
35
12th
One of those movies where it's made abundantly clear that the cast had much more fun making it than anyone will watching it. There are other jokes besides dick jokes guys, flex a fucking brain cell or two. Also, it's obvious when they're improvising, and everyone but Ayoade is really not very good at it.
Rated 18 Oct 2023
totimilehinTotimilehin
Rated 13 Aug 2023
65
15th
Fun, Freakyband Re-watchable
Rated 13 Aug 2023
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 18 Jun 2022
55
18th
Stiller, Vaughn, and Hill all play their standard characters that were so prevalent during the mid 00's. So there are a few laughs to be had but they feel stale. Richard Ayoade is the weird energy that is welcomed. It is hard not compare this to the previous year's Attack the Block, which is far superior.
Rated 18 Jun 2022
li0lili0li
Rated 20 May 2022
49
20th
Had a good opening and I wanted to find out what happened in the end, but damn, it really didn't want to get to the point, and so many long improv moments that weren't very funny. With a better structure it could've been great.
Rated 20 May 2022
gkfilmgkfilm
Rated 08 May 2022
45
13th
Entertainment: 2.5. Spirit: 0.5. Sustainability: 0.5. Family: 1
Rated 08 May 2022
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 07 Dec 2021
58
16th
An underused Richard Ayoade is the best part of this. The rest of the jokes are very hit-miss. With luckily the hit rate increasing when the movie progressed.
Rated 07 Dec 2021
dakota99Dakota99
Rated 24 Aug 2021
5
42nd
The thing with The Watch is there is a great concept here, and with this talent attached to it, it could be really interesting. For what we got though, it's a mixed bag. Truthfully the talented leads do solid with what they're given, but the writing isn't up to snuff. A lot of it derives from pointless and stupidly raunchy jokes that look like they're pulled from a SNL skit. I like the idea and the talent here, and they're what ultimately make this a fine one time watch.
Rated 24 Aug 2021
spookymaskSpookyMask
Rated 26 Apr 2021
55
24th
A lame sci-fi movie AND a lame comedy.
Rated 26 Apr 2021
antonio_pAntonio P
Rated 22 Oct 2019
20
17th
Wish I didn't buy this.
Rated 22 Oct 2019
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 12 Feb 2019
72
82nd
Funny, funny movie. Many big name comedic actors actually work well together to make a pretty fine film, this ensemble attempt doesn't always work.
Rated 12 Feb 2019
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 04 Oct 2018
50
35th
eng; [the watch]; nach einem tod eines nachtwächters im supermarkt bildet eine gemeinde eine nachbarschaftswache mit einem sehr unerwarteten gegner.;
Rated 04 Oct 2018
jkathrensjkathrens
Rated 24 Sep 2017
41
14th
Watched it for Richard Ayoade and got a few laughs... but not as many as about 5 minutes of an IT Crowd episode. Pretty dire.
Rated 24 Sep 2017
timecapsuleTimeCapsule
Rated 25 Feb 2017
68
61st
Disappointing comedy for fans of all involved in the production. With Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg writting, Arkiva Schaffer directing, and staring the classic pairing of Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn in addition to Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade it's a wonder why the film failed to be more than it did with so many different comedic influences.
Rated 25 Feb 2017
seenmanyseenmany
Rated 24 May 2016
86
72nd
good for a child
Rated 24 May 2016
timon88Timon88
Rated 06 Dec 2015
21
9th
Watching this thing, I kept expecting Seth Rogen to show up, not knowing that he co-wrote it. Apparently the tone is unmistakable. Is Vince Vaughn exhibiting detailed knowledge of the taste of cum supposed to be humor hinging on irony or something wildly unexpected? 'Cuz it sure seemed perfectly natural to me...
Rated 06 Dec 2015
martrynmartryn
Rated 09 Nov 2015
45
10th
For a pretty solid cast, you'd think this film would be great, but the actors largely half-assed their performances, they threw in some absurdity just because, and the scenes that should have been hilarious completely missed the mark.
Rated 09 Nov 2015
jschlanskyJSchlansky
Rated 19 Jun 2014
55
34th
Glad to see Richard Ayoade get a large role, very unfortunately timed release.
Rated 19 Jun 2014
duderDuder
Rated 26 Feb 2014
40
3rd
Veeery stupid and somewhat funny.. Not even Hill could save this one.
Rated 26 Feb 2014
muzak66muzak66
Rated 26 Nov 2013
64
34th
I thought it was funny and one of Vince Vaughns better movies in a while.
Rated 26 Nov 2013
talibanTaliban
Rated 17 Nov 2013
0
10th
The cop is pretty funny but that's it.
Rated 17 Nov 2013
grimsoothgrimsooth
Rated 12 Nov 2013
18
5th
It's basically terrible. It has some highlights and funny moments, but either a lack of writing or terrible writing made this possibly interesting premise almost without redemption.
Rated 12 Nov 2013
theescapistTheEscapist
Rated 01 Nov 2013
55
13th
Horrible first half, lots of unfunny jokes and annoying characters, it gets a bit better and funnier after that but overall not good.
Rated 01 Nov 2013
glm01glm01
Rated 30 Oct 2013
48
8th
48.000
Rated 30 Oct 2013
space_popeSpace Pope
Rated 02 Oct 2013
55
26th
This movie had its moments. The Normal Guys Try To Do Good And Get Way In Over Their Heads premise was as bog standard as they come, but in a movie like this it's really only the setting for jokes anyway, and when they were on they were on. The problem was they were on only barely more than they were off. I will never in my life get tired of Richard Ayoade, though, and this movie underused him to a criminal degree. I get that he's an unknown to the target audience, but come on. He's a gem.
Rated 02 Oct 2013
comepeliculacomepelicula
Rated 30 Sep 2013
30
12th
I didn't find it either funny or amusing; I liked the Richard Ayoade performance... in some scenes.
Rated 30 Sep 2013
forehead1forehead1
Rated 19 Sep 2013
40
26th
Another mediocre mainstream Stiller/Vaughn release that's mostly lazy gags mixed into a crowd-pleasing soundtrack. Hill is the stand-out in the group, Ayoade does his 'thing' as the weakest member. The story and characters do grow on you, and there are laughs in places (particularly when the cast appear to be improvising their banter), but the new 'burbs this aint.
Rated 19 Sep 2013
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 30 Aug 2013
64
41st
Hill and Vaughn made this watchable and arguably enjoyable.
Rated 30 Aug 2013
entertainmeEntertainMe
Rated 14 Aug 2013
34
9th
I'm somewhat charitably inclined towards this movie; despite its many failings, I found it consistently funny enough to be at least watchable.
Rated 14 Aug 2013
wayofthegunwayofthegun
Rated 10 Aug 2013
40
6th
Has a few laughs here and there, but most of the characters are over the top and annoying.
Rated 10 Aug 2013
jmejayjmejay
Rated 04 Aug 2013
73
42nd
Lol.
Rated 04 Aug 2013
elahnElahn
Rated 11 Jul 2013
35
7th
The writing was so bad, I don't blame anyone involved for not being able to save it.
Rated 11 Jul 2013
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 05 Jul 2013
45
13th
Most of the supporting cast are funnier than the mains. Too many jokes do not work and too much Ben Stiller. It's time for him to go.
Rated 05 Jul 2013
hofschneiderHofschneider
Rated 16 Jun 2013
66
22nd
50 points for Rosemarie alone - at least.
Rated 16 Jun 2013
jnsonejijnsoneji
Rated 12 Jun 2013
95
83rd
Group of young guys set to perform neighbourhood watch
Rated 12 Jun 2013
nick-hamdenNick Hamden
Rated 06 Jun 2013
60
47th
http://gorgview.com/the-watch
Rated 06 Jun 2013
dylanwilson6dylanwilson6
Rated 04 Jun 2013
15
1st
I guess after watching 3 excellent movies on the weekend, I needed to ground myself. Just terrible. I'm being generous and giving 5 points for each laugh I had.
Rated 04 Jun 2013
bojanglesBojangles
Rated 06 May 2013
65
69th
I laughed a lot. [/review]
Rated 06 May 2013
kylos609Kylos609
Rated 13 Apr 2013
71
20th
Too many dick jokes and an over zealous Vince Vaughn hold this back from any sort of greatness. A missed opportunity that is however still worth a watch.
Rated 13 Apr 2013
astrophizzAstrophizz
Rated 03 Mar 2013
50
27th
Needs more Ayoade.
Rated 03 Mar 2013
stradivariusStradivarius
Rated 18 Feb 2013
30
7th
Everyone just shows up and does their lowest effort schtick.
Rated 18 Feb 2013
wedderswedders
Rated 10 Feb 2013
80
63rd
Not bad, kind of childish at times but worth watching, if only for the occasional injection of Ayoade in all his oddball brilliance.
Rated 10 Feb 2013
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 16 Jan 2013
74
48th
I'll not deny that I had a couple good hearty laughs through this movie, but still at the back of my head I have a slight distaste for Hill and Vaughn, even though they've proven to me on more than one occasion to have what it takes to impress. It's good to see Ayoade come to a big Hollywood movie, but this is not what one would hope.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
dwyerdwyer
Rated 16 Jan 2013
47
7th
The very annoying problem is that the story doesn't let the humor emerge (enough) from these actors' talents or their understanding of their characters. I don't mind that this is really a stupid alien movie or that it goes waaaaay overboard with the raunchy humor. What I mind is that the characters become slaves to the stupid alien plot, and rather than comedy emerging from the sequence of events, the only thing that emerges from any given event is the next boring event.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
tvfilm_hubTV+Film-Hub
Rated 10 Jan 2013
33
96th
After a mysterious and gruesome murder, a group of disgruntled men form a neighborhood watch, while their official oath is to find the killer and bring him to justice most of them are just trying to get away from their wives and mothers to drink beer; until they realize the killer might not be human. A hysterical comedy like: Night at the Museum / Men in Black.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 07 Jan 2013
56
25th
It's funny enough to watch if you're a comedy junky and/or generally like these guys.
Rated 07 Jan 2013
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 06 Jan 2013
65
51st
6+ recommended
Rated 06 Jan 2013
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 25 Dec 2012
30
6th
'Superbad' meeting 'Men in Black' could have been entertaining, especially with the comedic talent at work here---there really is no excuse for such a misfire as 'The Watch' which meanders between forced R-rated raunch and PG-13 humor. The script never finds its footing, the actors never certain of what they're doing, and the jokes never hitting their target. The action beats largely trump the laughs, and that is the worst compliment this alleged comedy could receive.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
batuibatui
Rated 25 Dec 2012
10
0th
In light of all the recent action movies hamstrung by a PG-13 rating, here's a comedy/sci-fi movie that really could have used those restraints. Maybe then it would have some running time devoted to comedy or the alien invasion, instead of cramming profanities everywhere and having everything be about sex. Literally everything - the only way to kill the aliens is to shoot their dicks off.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
kavuKavu
Rated 16 Dec 2012
64
37th
Way better than expected. It's no Hot Rod, but occasionally quite funny.
Rated 16 Dec 2012
thalesacobrathalesacobra
Rated 25 Nov 2012
65
41st
Two words: Richard Ayoade. Without him, the movie would have felt like an offbeat Apatow movie. The movie feels like it tapped the vein of Galaxy Quest and Evolution, but updated the style of comedy and used a better cast.
Rated 25 Nov 2012
sammydeedgesammydeedge
Rated 21 Nov 2012
40
12th
In a closing scene, a mall explodes sending plaques of the main character, alien heads and... well boxes of condoms flying. This is the essence of the movie. Actiony, funny and scifiy. At times the characters were one-dimensional, and some twists were the most stupid and annoying things I've ever seen. But like a flesh eating bacteria, it grows on you whether you like it or not.
Rated 21 Nov 2012
ryan_luedersRyan Lueders
Rated 12 Nov 2012
78
50th
An unexpected Sci-fi/Comedy written by Seth Rogen, Even Goldberg and Jared Stern. I had forgotten that this movie involved aliens attacking the small Ohio town that Ben Stiller's character is obsessed with. He bands together with other misfits and creates a neighborhood watch after his night guardsman for Costco is brutally ripped apart. I thought the jokes were pretty good, there was a lot of good comedic timing and I just love the sci-fi twist to the film. I just wasn't expecting any of that.
Rated 12 Nov 2012
superargoSuperargo
Rated 11 Nov 2012
16
6th
It should be commended, I guess, because it made me want to watch ATTACK THE BLOCK again. Aside from that, though, all the funny parts were in the previews, and those parts weren't even very funny to begin with.
Rated 11 Nov 2012
gideonGideon
Rated 06 Nov 2012
2
59th
I lol'd quite a bit and had a good time throughout. Definitely enjoyable and better than MIB III
Rated 06 Nov 2012
sieghardtSieghardt
Rated 06 Nov 2012
80
84th
Pretty funny, not quite up to par with some of the other genre straddling comedies of recent years but definitely worth a watch.
Rated 06 Nov 2012
naurunauru
Rated 04 Nov 2012
30
21st
Pretty dull, and 95% of the jokes fall flat. Stiller, Vaughn and Hill play the exact same characters they always play, and it is a bore.
Rated 04 Nov 2012
neurophateneurophate
Rated 04 Nov 2012
34
7th
I should have just watched trailer...
Rated 04 Nov 2012
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 04 Nov 2012
55
21st
a little random
Rated 04 Nov 2012
aicheAICHE
Rated 01 Nov 2012
72
45th
ugh. even Ayoade couldn't save this boring heap.
Rated 01 Nov 2012
aneyaney
Rated 30 Sep 2012
51
56th
It's full of dick jokes, Stiller is still a waste of carbon and Ayoade is criminally underused. But despite all that I laughed almost the whole time. Don't listen to the haters and give it a chance.
Rated 30 Sep 2012
mlightle3mlightle3
Rated 17 Sep 2012
75
38th
Yup.
Rated 17 Sep 2012
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 16 Sep 2012
55
31st
I like pretty much everyone involved here, but it just isn't all that great. Passes the time, though, and has some funny moments. Abu Ghraib-scene was weird. Pretty peculiar bit part for someone like Crudup as well, which was pretty funny I guess. And Will Forte needs to be in bigger roles in more movies, he's always funny.
Rated 16 Sep 2012
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 12 Sep 2012
42
18th
Another dick-jokes-driven buddy sci-fi film with plenty of bad acting, terrible dialogues and a lazy overall sense of self-congratulation. It manages to be worse than Paul.
Rated 12 Sep 2012
mandymandy
Rated 04 Sep 2012
6
43rd
I found this entertaining, it made me laugh several times but my expectations were quite low.
Rated 04 Sep 2012
jodamicojodamico
Rated 29 Aug 2012
61
15th
Third act collapse to the extreme, but it's worth the ride.
Rated 29 Aug 2012
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 18 Aug 2012
30
9th
Poor.
Rated 18 Aug 2012
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 07 Aug 2012
75
49th
There are a number of good laughs in this comedy. There is an interesting mix of Science fiction and comedy in this movie. The cast works well together. Richard Ayoade is unknown to me and he was really funny. Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill have many funny moments and they have good chemistry. The story has some flaws but it works well for a comedy.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
lepuppy7Lepuppy7
Rated 06 Aug 2012
5
26th
basically an action-horror parody
Rated 06 Aug 2012
jordanligejordanlige
Rated 31 Jul 2012
100
51st
very funny 10 out of 10
Rated 31 Jul 2012
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 28 Jul 2012
60
36th
Worth it if you still enjoy Vaughn, Stiller, and Hill doing the same things they always do amidst a barrage of dick jokes and Budweiser product placement. Ayoade and Forte elevate this beyond complete mediocrity.
Rated 28 Jul 2012
bakcheiabakcheia
Rated 28 Jul 2012
20
24th
Dumb and pretty slow. It was still pretty entertaining though and had its good share of funny jokes.
Rated 28 Jul 2012

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