The Watchers
(2024)
Overview
A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
Director
Ishana Night Shyamalan
Writers
Ishana Night Shyamalan, A. M. Shine
Top Billed
Dakota Fanning
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Reviews
r96sk
⭐ 5/10June 7, 2024
A real disappointment.
<em>'The Watchers'</em> holds some promise with its premise, though unfortunately it never really clicks into gear - in my opinion, at least. In fact, the longer it went on the more bored I felt whilst watching. I was waiting for the arrival of the end credits, which I thought were coming after 'the event' seemingly ends... yet the film still goes on for a little while yet.
No-one on the cast did anything that could s…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10June 14, 2024
Now my Irish geography isn't brilliant, but even I know that to drive from Galway to Belfast takes about four hours and does not involve any forest tracks. Nevertheless, pet shop worker "Mina" (Dakota Fanning), who is still coming to terms with a not very recent tragedy, sets off with her rare yellow bird only for her car to break down in the middle of an ancient forest. With no phone reception, she decides to leave her car and taking the caged b… read the rest.
TheSceneSnobs
⭐ 4/10July 9, 2024
The Watchers marks Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut, with her father, M. Night Shyamalan, serving as a producer. For her first feature film, Ishana adapts the book The Watcher into a movie. The story centers on Mina, a U.S. immigrant living in Ireland, who works at a pet shop. She is sent to the countryside to make a delivery, only to find herself stranded in the middle of a forest. Seeking refuge, she discovers an old building with thr… read the rest.
JPV852
⭐ 5/10August 31, 2024
Has some interesting elements here and there but despite some decent direction by Ishana Night Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night) and a solid enough performance by Elle Fanning, it doesn't quite come together and not a whole lot that I found thrilling or scary. The final 20-minutes or so also didn't work very well either. As a whole it's a run-of-the-mill supernatural horror film that if not for the director this would've been dumped on Netflix. **… read the rest.
Dean
⭐ 8/10August 31, 2024
Interesting movie, with interesting ending. Unique in its own way. I liked it, was really good. No progapanda and agenda, thank god.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$51,147,812