The Watch
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.
2012Rating: MA15+, for some strong sexual content including references, pervasive language and viollent images102 minsUSA
ComedyScience Fiction
The Watch / Reviews
Total Film
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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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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The New York Times
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 Guardian
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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Rolling Stone
Then there's the movie itself, which should be crazy, stupid fun but settles for just stupid.
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Empire Magazine
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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