The Watch
2012 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 5.6 · 26% critics
Four everyday suburban guys start a weekly routine meant to help them escape their humdrum lives. After they stumble onto something far stranger than they expected, they realize their town may be overrun by aliens disguised as neighbors—and they must fight back to protect their community and beyond.
Also known as Neighborhood Watch
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-07-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 26/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (2,473 votes)
About
You’ll likely like The Watch if you enjoy zany alien-in-suburbia chaos with a light, rowdy tone like This Is the End or Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, but Not for you if you want consistently funny humor or cleaner, more subtle comedy.
Pros: solid premise; professional production; entertaining action | Cons: uneven comedy; crude humor; weak laughter
Themes
- friendship
- marriage
- castration
- sterility
- alien
- suburb
- alien invasion
- death
- teenage daughter
- neighborhood watch
- creepy neighbor
Cast & crew
Ben Stiller
as Evan
Vince Vaughn
as Bob
Jonah Hill
as Franklin
Richard Ayoade
as Jamarcus
Rosemarie DeWitt
as Abby
Erinn Hayes
as Bob's Wife
Erin Moriarty
as Chelsea
Jill Jane Clements
as City Council Woman
Will Forte
as Sergeant Bressman
Mel Rodriguez
as Chucho
Directed by Akiva Schaffer