The Watch

R

Released Jul 27, 2012

1 hr. 41 min.

Comedy

Sci-Fi

List

16%

167 Reviews

Tomatometer

39%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

In Glenview, Ohio, four pals -- Evan (Ben Stiller), Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) -- form a neighborhood watch group. Armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, the guys try to take their mission seriously, even if they spend a little time goofing off now and then. But when they discover aliens living among them, and no one believes their story, they learn that they have to kick things up a notch to save the world from annihilation.

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Critics Consensus

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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Gaming U

Tough to finish this movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Brendan W

"Costco Security Mutha F****s!!!" Perfect movie for a specific type of edgy small town Gen X humor friend group who are no strangers to locker room talk and love quoting one liners. It went for a quotable SNL cult classic vibe, dragged a bit playing into a weird college frat guy turned weird sex cult thing. Good variety with the cast Lots of great one liners, still saying them years later.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/01/24

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Martin F

God it's bad, I mean not one of them steps up to the plate the script is so bad it comes with a health warning.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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letaiser

ein Film den man guckt ohne sich was dabei zu denken ,er ist nicht gut gemacht und hat auch nicht wirklich einen Sinn vor allem ergibt die ganze Story keinen Sinn was so schade ist da wirklich klasse Schauspieler spielen

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Georgan G

Raunchy, funny and good comics. It dragged in a few spots but overall I enjoyed it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/21/23

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Marco B

Rule of 15.........but it's not that bad.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/05/23

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Akiva Schaffer

Director

Ben Stiller

Evan Troutwig

Vince Vaughn

Bob

Jonah Hill

Franklin

Richard Ayoade

Jamarcus

Rosemarie DeWitt

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

This wants to be (I think) Invasion of the Body Snatchers via Ghostbusters and Attack the Block but succeeds in being nothing but its own dreadful, pitiful, tedious self.

Sep 1, 2018

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Tim Grierson

Deadspin

"The Watch" is a Dream Team in which no one's drawn up any plays and nobody passes the ball. Everybody just shoots and hopes for the best.

Feb 12, 2013

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

There's nothing particularly offensive about the piece. But its intergalactic badness does take the breath away.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 24, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It might’ve been funny if it wasn’t trying so hard to be funny.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 3, 2022

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

If you're going to give guys as funny as these four stars a story, you need to be more creative than cheesy aliens.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 8, 2022

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

We need more reasons to go to a movie now. The Watch simply does not provide them.

Mar 10, 2021

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Synopsis

In Glenview, Ohio, four pals -- Evan (Ben Stiller), Bob (Vince Vaughn), Franklin (Jonah Hill) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) -- form a neighborhood watch group. Armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, the guys try to take their mission seriously, even if they spend a little time goofing off now and then. But when they discover aliens living among them, and no one believes their story, they learn that they have to kick things up a notch to save the world from annihilation.

Director: Akiva Schaffer
Executive Producer: Dan Levine, Monica Levinson
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
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby

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