Plot
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.

Release Year: 2012

Director: Akiva Schaffer

Stars: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill

Storyline
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood - and the world - from total extermination.

Writers: Jared Stern, Seth Rogen

Cast:
Ben Stiller - Evan
Vince Vaughn - Bob
Jonah Hill - Franklin
Richard Ayoade - Jamarcus
Rosemarie DeWitt - Abby
Will Forte - Sgt. Bressman
Mel Rodriguez - Chucho
Doug Jones - Hero Alien
Erin Moriarty - Chelsea
Nicholas Braun - Jason
R. Lee Ermey - Manfred
Joe Nunez - Antonio Guzman
Liz Cackowski - Carla
Johnny Pemberton - Skater Kid
Sharon Gee - Mrs. Kim

Release Date: 27 July 2012

Filming Locations: Glenview, Illinois, USA

Did You Know?

Trivia:
David Dobkin was originally going to direct with Will Ferrell in the leading role, but the duo fell out in summer 2009.

Quotes:
Evan: [Looking at green gunge] What a second I've seen this stuff before.
Franklin: Haven't you just won a Nickelodeon Kid's choice award.

User Review

Great Summer Comedy!

Rating:

I just got back from a pre-screening of the the film and I went in with rather low expectations. The trailer didn't look good and It seemed like it would just be a deadbeat comedy that lacked laughs. This film is actually one of the funniest i've seen this summer! The cast did a great job in their roles and all of them are really funny! The plot was actually one of the more original ones i've seen in a comedy in a long time which I really enjoyed. The film provides a good amount of laughs as well as some action as well. I was also surprised by how raunchy the film was. Trust me when I say this is a HARD R comedy. There were also more than a few twist in this film that really caught me off guard. Without spoiling anything, I will say that The Watch is one of the funniest movies you will see this year and I highly recommend it! If you thought Ted was funny, you ain't seen nothing yet!