The Watch uneasily mixes sci-fi elements with gross-out gags and strands its talented cast with a script that favors vulgarity over wit at nearly every turn.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Akiva Schaffer -
Producer -
Shawn Levy -
Screenwriter -
Jared Stern , Seth Rogen , Evan Goldberg -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
21 Laps Entertainment -
Rating -
R (Sexual References|Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexual Content|Violent Images) -
Genre -
Comedy , Sci-Fi -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 27, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 1, 2013 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$34.4M -
Runtime -
1h 41m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , Dolby