The Watch
Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn
The studio, 20th Century Fox, probably doesn’t want us to mention that this comedy used to be called Neighborhood Watch, and is about bumbling self-appointed guardians of a peaceful suburb. Thankfully, though, the movie’s similarities with tragic real-life events end there: Our quartet of imaginary protectors is Stiller, Hill, Richard Ayoade, and Vaughn, and their enemies are aliens, as in the green-slime-producing kind from outer space, who are plotting conquest. Director Akiva Schaffer made us crack up countless times with SNL shorts like “Lazy Sunday” and “Dick in a Box,” and his 2007 comedy Hot Rod had its moments, so we’re holding out hope for this one.
