Two Jews On The Watch

>‘This so called comedy, is about four guys who have come together to ‘watch over’ their suburban neighborhood, Glenview Ohio, United States on Planet Earth.

In this serene safe heaven lives Evan Troutwig (Ben Stiller) a dull, civic minded guy who loves his wife Abby (Rosemarie Dewitt), his neighborhood and his mangerial job at Cosco.

After the Cosco night watchmen is murdered, Evan decides to form a ‘neighborhood watch’ to find the culprit and make sure something like this never happens again.

The only problem, only three guys show up at Evan’s house for the first meeting…

There’s…Franklin (Jonah Hill) who still lives with his mom and has a large collection of guns hidden under his bed…Bob (Vince Vaughn, a tough talking dad with an uncontrollable teenage daughter, and the recently divorced and extremely horny, Jamarcus (the funny but underused, Richard Ayoade)

To Evan’s dismay, these dudes are more interested in drinking beer and shooting the breeze then doing any serious ‘watching’.

But that all changes when…

One evening, while out on patrol, the boys vehicle hit something that leaves behind a trail of green goo and they wind up finding a strange bowling ball like device that emits a beam of energy capable of destroying…well…practically anything and everything.

They also find a tentacle and from there, our fellows realize…THERE ARE ALIENS IN OUR MIDST.

Funny right? Hmm…not SO much.

The film is filled with tired sexist bits that we’ve all seen before, unfunny jokes and tired performances from Stiller and Vaughn. Only Ayoade brings to his part a few moments of humor, but definitely not enough to make this movie written by Seth Rogan (along with Jason Stern and Evan Goldberg) worth seeing.

‘The Watch’ directed by Akiva Schaffer opens in theatres, Friday July 27, 2012 and received a very low bagel score from both John and myself.

Wait for the DVD.

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Joan and John Schwartz

Joan and John Schwartz are ex New Yorkers, living in Los Angeles. They are married and see a lot of films. They usually disagree but always tell it like it is. John is most famous for creating the cult classic films Faces of Death. He has also written for various prime time series and has written movies for both Showtime and HBO. In the world of reality television John has produced, written and directed over 450 segments for various magazine shows He has also written and Executive Produced several Prime-Time Specials. Joan has appeared on the New York Stage on and off Broadway…and has been in several Los Angeles theater productions as well.. Joan has been in several low budget films and at present she is busy writing screenplays with her husband, John.

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