The Watch2012
The Watch (2012)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Franklin
as Evan
as Jamarcus
as Abby
as Sgt. Bressman
as Jason
as Hero Alien
as Chucho
as Chelsea
as Manfred
as Antonio Guzman
as Carla
as Skater Kid
as Neighbor
as Mrs. Kim
as Random Jogger - Jared
as Retiree #1
as Retiree #2
as Retiree #3
as City Council Woman
as City Council Member
as Male Hooters Volunteer
as Costco Employee - TV
as Reporter
as Teenager Announcer
as Paul's Guest #1
as Paul's Guest #2
as Orgy Man #1
as Orgy Man #2
as Orgy Man #3
as Orgy Woman #1
as Orgy Woman #2
as Orgy Woman #1
as Orgy Woman #3
as Casual Wanker #1
as Casual Wanker #2
as Casual Wanker #3
as Asian Housewife
as Mandy
as Twin
as Twin
as Franklin's Mother
as Bob's Wife
as Prom Date
as Evan's Daughter
as Bob
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Critic Reviews for The Watch
All Critics (160) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (133) | DVD (2)
A film packaged as pure product, aiming to snare the combined markets for loudmouth comics, sci-fi action and, er, Richard Ayoade - who, however seemingly misplaced, is the freshest thing here.
It's a mash-up of blah buddy comedy and gross-out CGI monster splatter, with nary a laugh to be had.
The Watch is a predictable and lazy comedy wrapped around a penis joke occasionally enlivened with some funny lines.
What should have been at least Ghostbusters lite ends up sliming audiences with sloppy seconds.
"The Watch" takes the same ethos of male bonding, obsession with sex and sardonic violence that has proved so profitable in recent years on yet another summer spin.
Improvisation is definitely The Watch-word, with Vaughn and Hill in particular winging just about every line they speak - most of them filthy, few of them funny.
Audience Reviews for The Watch
The neighborhood guys usually thought of as "trying too hard to fit in" band together to party and bond only to find unexpected redemption when aliens from space threaten the hood. You'll leave this wishing that they hadn't gone for the easy humor most times but, eh, whaddaya expect?
Super Reviewer
Eh. Ben Stiller and a gang of adult ragamuffins form a neighborhood watch only to be thwarted by divergent purposes and loyalties. The big alien twist is quite deus ex machina - oops spoilers - but Billy Crudup is slickly creepy as an Eyes Wide Shut sex emperor.
Super Reviewer
It had its moments... but they were too few!
Super Reviewer
The Watch Quotes
| Antonio Guzman: | I have a gun, which knowbody taught me to use so b even more scared |
| Antonio Guzman: | I have a gun, which nobody taught me to use so be even more scared. |
| Jamarcus: | Nice to meet you |
| Jamarcus: | Nice to meet you. |
| Retiree #1: | Fuck you Curly |
| Retiree #1: | Fuck you Curly. |
| Jamarcus: | In a few hours, a transmitter will become operational. When it signals, our armada will commence a global invasion starting here in Glenview, which is clearly not ideal for you. |
| Bob: | What? |
| Franklin: | Why? |
| Jamarcus: | We're aliens, that's what we do. |