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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 14 Aug 2012

Even though this script is cheap and often tiresome, I have to hand it to Vince Vaughn: I never get tired of seeing him onscreen…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 13 Aug 2012

That it triumphs, despite being a slave to formula, is squarely down to its uproarious banter, co-scripted by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg…

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By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 08 Aug 2012

It's amazing how much thought, effort and creative energy The Watch works into its script about human---and space-alien---crotches…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 08 Aug 2012

According to an old showbiz saw, the key to comedy is timing. Well, the new big-budget sci-fi comedy The Watch has a problem there…

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By Corey Hall (192) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 05 Aug 2012

The fusion of high concept and lowbrow humor is initially amusing, but becomes unwieldy as the movie shifts into action mode and the explosions…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 04 Aug 2012

The only thing the cast seemed to care about it trying to make you laugh. It worked for me, especially having a happy Vince Vaughn…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Aug 2012

It's a mash-up of blah buddy comedy and gross-out CGI monster splatter, with nary a laugh to be had…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Aug 2012

Affirms rather than skewers the nativist insularity and xenophobia of its 'heroes,' who in one particularly distasteful interlude pose Abu…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 01 Aug 2012

It made me laugh and even though it got untangled towards the end I had fun watching it…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 01 Aug 2012

The first half of this movie might make you laugh but it's very sloppy…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 31 Jul 2012

Bad sci-fi mixed with bad comedy and a Guinness World Record for the number of times the male anatomy is mentioned in a single movie. …

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 31 Jul 2012

With Stiller, Vaughn and Hill heading the cast you expect more - so much more…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 31 Jul 2012

Less like a neighborhood watch than it is a lesser Bowery Boys scenario -- only here staffed by the hormonal Hardy Boys from hell…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 31 Jul 2012

I don't know what planet other critics are watching their comedies on, but here on Earth, this is pretty gut-busting stuff…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 29 Jul 2012

The Watch is a good time even if the neighborhood watch isn't going to top your list of possible answers to the question who you gonna call…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 29 Jul 2012

It's almost impossible to believe that The Watch comes from the same man behind the gleefully irreverent Hot Rod…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 28 Jul 2012

Sadly, like a lot of SNL alumni or proteges, Schaffer has trouble coming up with 100 minutes of funny material…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 28 Jul 2012

Simultaneously subverting and celebrating several genres of he-man testosterone flicks, from horror to buddy action flick, to, heaven help…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 28 Jul 2012

Dick joke, dick joke, gay joke, dick joke, piss joke, gangsta rap gag done better 13 years ago in Office Space, Andy Samberg cameo, dick joke…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 27 Jul 2012

Yes, it all gets kind of old, and yes, it's all over the place, but you'll probably find yourself laughing at least some of the time…

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