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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, Subtitled |
Contributor | Jonah Hill, Akiva Schaffer, Ben Stiller |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 42 minutes |
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Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade take male bonding to hilarious new heights in this outrageous, no-holds-barred comedy that gets funnier every time you watch! There's trouble brewing in peaceful Glenview, Ohio. That's why four civic-minded citizens, armed with flashlights, walkie-talkies and spiffy new jackets, have teamed up to safeguard their community. But the guys find more than they bargained for when they uncover an alien plot to destroy Earth, and now these bumbling heroes are Glenview's only chance to save the neighborhood - and the world - from annihilation!
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As the advances in CGI special effects have continued to keep action-movie audiences roaring for bigger and better displays of digital bombast, a trend in Hollywood comedies has upped the ante in a parallel way. Raunchy, risqué, and just plain filthy humor is standard fare for audiences who like their vulgar laughs as much as their superheroic explosions. The two worlds collide in The Watch, a dirty shoot-'em-up whose comic core counters the extreme sci-fi story of an alien race that can't take a joke. Fortunately, the decidedly non-superhuman heroes battle it out with equal parts punches and punch lines. The first-rate cast is headed by Ben Stiller, who has plenty of experience with filthy humor and big-budget action. He also has the movie-star charisma to bring high concept down to the toilet or the gutter, whichever happens to be funnier. Stiller plays Evan, the upstanding, uptight manager of an Ohio Costco who starts to really care about crime after one of his security guards is brutally murdered. The police can't really be bothered (Will Forte is excellent as a pompous local lawman), so Evan starts a neighborhood watch as a way to take back the night. Unfortunately his recruits turn out to be a less than vigilant vigilante group, with Vince Vaughn as a brawny motor mouth obsessed with protecting his teen daughter, Jonah Hill as an off-kilter arms expert who was rejected by the police academy (for good reason), and the indeterminately ethnic Richard Ayoade (excellent, as he was in the British sitcom The IT Crowd), who's focused only on the kind of action that involves sex and females. The quartet's individual issues are played at maximum laugh-per-minute volume and remain part of the story even after the team realizes their crime problem isn't from the inner city, it's from outer space. Turns out a hive of aliens have commandeered Evan's Costco as a base of operations to dominate humanity. After all, what better place to stage an Earth takeover than a place that has everything? (Costco should get a big-box good sport award for signing off on such wall-to-wall product placement.) The script by Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg (the latter two's brilliant writing career also includes Superbad and The Pineapple Express) is chock-a-block with jokes that touch the penis in nearly every way imaginable. Think masturbation, think Magnum condoms, think vibrant or fruitless bodily fluids and you'll be thinking like the obsessive lugs in The Watch. And it's not just human penises that are made the butt of most of the jokes. In one of many playful plot contrivances, the aliens' genitals become cause for out-of-this-world vulgarity. Apparently Hollywood man-children aren't the only beings in the universe who don't think with their heads. These aliens have a very peculiar Achilles' heel. Here's a hint: it's also nowhere near their feet. And even though this soft spot is their brain, it's not inside their skull. The phallic jokes never let up, but at least most of them are funny. The Watch tries so hard for nonstop laughs that it can't help but yield a high rate of success, especially when the material is worked by such an estimable ensemble of comedy pros. It's clear that director Akiva Schaffer fostered a strong improv vibe on the set (his background is directing shorts on SNL). He's best at capturing a spontaneous sketch-comedy tone that drives the constant one-upsmanship between the filthy, shocking shenanigans of the four leads. They get ample help from the supporting cast. In addition to Will Forte as the disinterested cop, Rosemary DeWitt is terrific as Evan's demanding wife. And in an extended, uncredited cameo Billy Crudup plays the weirdest, most enigmatic creepy-insinuation-guy ever. Talk about hiding a dirty secret! There's an overall hit-or-miss quality of comedy and action in The Watch, though there are plenty more tick marks in the hit column. It's all bad-mannered good fun with the badge of a hard-R rating worn as proudly as a giant splooge of green alien slime. --Ted Fry
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : FOXS2281442DVD
- Director : Akiva Schaffer
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 42 minutes
- Release date : November 13, 2012
- Actors : Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : Spanish
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B005LAII2Q
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #56,492 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #7,163 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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This isn't a groundbreaking movie that will redefine your view on blah blah blah. How tiresome is that? Not everything we watch has to be GoT or Breaking Bad or whatever. Sometimes, you just want to turn off your brain and enjoy life.
And thus The Watch. It's not the best of Ben Stiller, or Vince V, or my boy Jonah. And so what! It's enjoyable. Have a few drinks and relax. The humor is pretty straightforward, the plot is familiar, but the characters, the actors, had fun and so will you. OK fine, have a drink or two for maximum enjoyment.
Bottom line: the 21st century sucks, and 2022 hasn't proven itself to be any better, but there are still movies in this world that can deliver basic, mindless entertainment. They don't all have to be Oscar/Emmy winning whatevers! It's nice to just chill and chuckle sometimes, and this movie delivers on that front.
Unfortunately, the script places an emphasis on vulgar humor, leaving the film's superb actors in the lurch. Even though the film features a dream team of four actors, the end result is a disaster.
There's untapped potential here, but the film sluggishly wastes its performers' comedic talents without providing them with much to work with. It has a few positive aspects, but not nearly enough and the laughs are barely existent.
I Gave it 5 stars to offset the bad reviews where people simple didn't use common sense, but I would have given it a lower score just because it doesn't say that the digital copy expired in 2014.... I kind of bought it just for the digital code, oops. I figured it was an older code that could expire (new ones don't), so kind of saw that coming, and probably could have research it and found the answer, but for $10 and 2-day delivery I figured I'd just find out the hard way.
Of course, it was sophomoric in its themes, but it didn't try and fool you. Any film that groups Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade and Ben Stiller is not going to rely on adult themes. There's going to be bad language and a plethora of jokes about genitalia throughout.
The reveal midway through Act 3 was fabulous. Franks and Beans' actions were inappropriate at times but not out of character. This film stuck to its guns and never deviated from the premise. The pacing was good, and it slowed down to let you catch your breath right before it went ballistic. Mad respect.
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Ben Stiller leads a neighbourhood watch team that accidentally stumbles across an alien plot to take over the world. Yes, it's as silly as it sounds. Yes, there are plenty of unbelievable moments and yes, there are plenty of plot holes. But, there's also so much right with this film, that I think, if you try, you should be able to gloss over any misgivings you may have for this and enjoy it for what it is.
It's the perfect movie to sit down and relax your brain. Let the silly men entertain you and snigger at their attempts to save the world. Plus, for all you horror fans out there, the aliens themselves are pretty decent budget with a few gory moments thrown in for added bonus.
It's daft, it's smutty, it's silly, but it's also very enjoyable.
Kudos to Richard Ayoade for getting his foot into Hollywood's door. Good luck to him - he shows he can hold his own among Hollywood's comedic A-listers.
It has got the lot, comedy, science fiction, light hearted humour on sex, bad language (in a really non-abusive manner),two brilliant songs used in the movie.. 'You aint seen nothing yet and People are strange,' humour on father teenage daughter relations, great aliens, two brilliant comedy actors in Vince Vaughan and Ben Stiller with two additional actors who challenged the honours Jonah Hill & a British actor Richard Ayoade, all four played their parts to believable perfection!
Honestly, i first saw this film on a flight back from Italy and loved it. I have since watched it ten more times whilst on Sky Movies and i am now buying it off Amazon.
I believe this film will be a classic, just not many people have seen it to appreciate it and i am telling everyone i know to WATCH 'THE WATCH!'
Brilliant, five stars, five stars, five stars!
A negative for me was some of the dialogue was a bit crass for the sake of it and when the guys are sitting around talking it seemed like bad ad-lib. Overall though I had fun watching this, with tighter dialogue and script this could have been a classic.
Ronald Lee Ermey was great.
If you like films like The World's End, Zombieland and Ted then you will love this film. Had me laughing from beginning to end. Get it and you will not be disappointed, great addition to my comic collection.