The Watch

2012
15
1h 42m

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5.7/10

135K

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Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade, and Jonah Hill in The Watch (2012)

Suburban dads who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

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Alien Invasion Comedy Sci-Fi

Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

135K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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The Watch

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Trivia
By taking on a role in this film, Jonah Hill had to drop out of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012), a part he had regarded as the perfect stepping stone for him to legitimatize his credentials as a dramatic actor. Various delays in production on Tarantino's project meant that Hill was still able to appear in the movie.

Goofs
When the watch goes to Bob's house for the first time he pours Scotch for the group. Franklin is holding a empty glass and the Scotch bottle is in front if Bob, seconds later the bottle is next to Franklin and he is holding a full glass of Scotch.

Quotes
Evan: [Looking at green gunge] Wait a second. I've seen this stuff before.
Franklin: Had you just won a Nickelodeon Kid's choice award?

Crazy credits
Teenager Announcer is played by Dax Flame, but is credited as Flax Dame

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.181 (2012)

Soundtracks
Bad Romance
Written by RedOne (as Nadir Khayat) and Lady Gaga (as Stefani Germanotta)

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Featured review

6/10

Watch out

I really liked that the trailer did not reveal too much of the "story" behind this movie. But I still get if people are disappointed in this. It's hard as I have written before to get people behind a comedy. And comedies that go for the "R-rating" are even tougher to sell. I still thought this was funny and different from what I expected (although the German title did give away more of the central story than the mentioned trailer).

Ben Stiller plays it straight and you can see the morality that lies within the movie ... within the first 5 minutes of it. That doesn't take the fun out of it and the main 4 characters are having so much fun, it does translate on the screen. If you don't like the trailer though, do not watch the movie