The Watch

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  • Opened July 27, 2012 
  • 1 hr 42 min
  • R | Some Strong Sexual Content, Sexual References, Pervasive Language and Violent Images
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Four everyday suburban guys come together to form a neighborhood watch group, but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives, one night a week. 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. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte
  • Director: Akiva Schaffer
  • Genres: Comedy

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Even Space Aliens Love Costco...Fun & Very Funny....

by Alon Patterson

This one's short on plot but long on comedy. It hits the ground funny and stays there with comedic timing and gags only these guys can deliver. If you're looking for an adult comedy (without most of...

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great movie, worthy of purchasing

by riotgrrl420

the entire is a string of **** jokes, awkward pauses, and ad lib. The bloopers and extended scenes must be gut busting if the movie this funny. Vaughn, Stiller, and Hill are hilarious and play on...

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Funny

by kkmoviekk

There were some incredibly hilarious moments, but this is probably one of those movies to catch when it comes on DVD. Vince Vaughn was funnier than usual, Richard Ayoade was hilarious, Jonah Hill had...

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Critic Reviews

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Movieline
| Michelle Orange

It's not that The Watch is terrible – it's not not terrible, but there are sufficient diversions and more punitive ways to spend your evening – but that it's one of those smoke bomb comedies that seems to disappear even while you're watching, leaving no trace of itself behind. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Reality aside, The Watch is harmless enough - and even occasionally humorous, in a riffy, sketch-comedy kind of way. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

The film is one long Costco joke - but the punch line is never all that funny. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

If this amateur justice league spent as much time analyzing clues as they did analyzing their junk, in every slang variation available in the Urban Dictionary, the murder mystery in The Watch could have been solved on the first night of surveillance. Read full review

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Richard Ayoade as Jamarcus, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in ``Neighborhood Watch.''