film details
The Watch
1hr 42mins
Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte, Doug Jones
Directed by: Akiva Schaffer
The plot: Evan is the manager of a Costco wholesale store in his cosy corner of suburbia. When the store's security guard, Antonio, is murdered and the police fail to apprehend the culprit, Evan decides to organise his own neighbourhood watch to bring the guilty party to justice. Overly protective father Bob, wannabe police officer Franklin and British new arrival Jamarcus join Evan's crusade, bonding over copious beers as they hunt for clues.
Orange movie-goers' reactions
- " A few good one liners in the film, but the rest was very poor. Disappointing film overall. " — Joe, 19, Leeds
- " I must say, I wasn't expecting much from this film and only chose to see it because it was on at the right time. Turned out it was a good choice! The candid script was well complimented by the parody humour :)" — Louisa, 22, Norfolk
- " Worst film I have seen in a long time. Left half an hour before the end. The script was rubbish with poor gags and weak storyline. Couldn't even categorise the movie as a comedy. It was a poor effort all round and just plain strange. " — Paul, 43, Newcastle
- " went to watch this film with an open mind ignoring the bad reviews and I tell you what I'm glad I did. If you go and see this with no preconceptions or expectations you will be presently surprised. " — Chris , 32, Plymouth
- " it was a very good film with lots of crude jokes and enjoyable, it had a shaun of the dead / hotfuzz humor about it and the british actor did a great job" — callan, 20, stoke on trent
- " brilliant film! funny all the way through the film - the funny parts are not just shown in the trailer! definitely worth a watch - and the money! " — jasmine, 19, Brighton
- " it is dirty" — Tanveerhussain, 21, Birmingham
- " Well worth seeing! Laughs and shocks throughout! " — Harry, 17, Leicester
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Time Out
"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."
Empire
"Lacking the bite of Attack The Block, Stiller and co. are happy to fall back on their usual shtick, with director Schaffer providing barely enough juice to power the laughs."
Guardian
"It's got a cast to kill for, a Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg script (they wrote Superbad) and a promisingly Ghostbusters-ish premise. And yet it's catastrophic."
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