The Watch

2012 • 101 minutes

About this movie

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade experience a close encounter of the funniest kind in this hilarious, no-holds-barred comedy thatŒ'll keep you laughing Œ'til the cows... explode! ThereŒ's trouble brewing in Glenview, Ohio... a seemingly safe and quiet Midwestern suburb. ThatŒ's why four civic-minded citizens, armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, have teamed up to safeguard the community. But when the guys discover extraterrestrial aliens living among them, and no one believes their story, theyŒ've got to kick things up a notch in order to save their neighborhood Œ„ and the world Œ„ from total annihilation!

Ratings and reviews

I love watching Stiller, Vaughn, and Hill, and expected better. I've watched previous movies starring them and laughed through the entire movie. I think I may have chuckled twice in this one. It's not like it's unwatchable, but this is far from a great comedy. It was under $3 to rent, and I wouldn't recommend paying any more than that.

The film takes a while to pick up steam, but once the alien "subplot" finally kicks in, the movie has some great moments. Too bad it takes over an hour to get there. Frankly, there aren't enough good laughs (and the ones that are here are few and far between) to make this worth your while.

You would think with some great comedians this movie would be a clear slam dunk. Not at all. Its a slow moving dredge through the inferior plot. I laughed a few times but not nearly enough to warrant sitting through almost 2 hours of the characters sitting around talking and not doing anything.