It passes the time and might have been a bit better if Vince Vaughn was reigned in. As a former Costco employee, I was happy to see the prominent role the store takes in the movie.

C+

I laughed. A lot. Richard Ayoade and The Lonely Island cameo steal the movie.

*** (B)

It sucked. All the talent involved are just going through the motions. Such a shame. D+

Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade were great. Ben Stiller's in his same uptight Tower Heist role he's played too many times before and Vince Vaughn rambles on without hitting his mark.

There were some great moments (Ayoade and the alien staring at each other close range was one), but the movie completely wasted its comedic alien invasion potential.

C+

When I saw this over the summer I thought it was amusing enough

The Watch

It's a fun movie. Don't get that mixed up with 'funny movie', though. It's light on real laughs, but I suppose that's what we've come to expect from Ben Stiller movies nowadays. There are some good lines from Vince Vaughn, who pretty much plays Vince Vaughn, and is the same loud-mouthed, outspoken character in every movie, but he's great. Jonah Hill is ok, he pretty much plays Jonah Hill, who is the same in all roles too, the quieter, weirder individual that has a fetish for the peculiar. Stiller is Stiller, the normal, sensible, hard-working, middle-aged goody two-shoes who always does the right thing. He needs to change it up because it's really boring now. Richard Ayoade was pretty good, and I was surprised when he was the alien. Though, I suppose it was obvious thinking about. But it was nice to see him in the movie.

You can tell it's written by Seth Rogen. A lot of the humour is smutty and bordering on R material, but it falls flat. The alien shootout at the end was pretty great to watch. I enjoyed myself while watching it, but it could have tried to be more funny - instead of relying on saying "cum", "cock" or "orgy" for laughs, actually try to act funny. I thought it was a wasted opportunity that could have been brilliant.

It's a formula Ben Stiller movie, just like Tower Heist, Night at the Museum, and Meet the Parents. Although I can appreciate the last two movies out of those three more because of the supporting roles, but this and Tower Heist are lacking in that department. There was no hook, so they slightly fell into the generic.

C+