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The Watchers

  • 5.7 /10

  • 1019

  • 32%

Plot

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.

Cast

Dakota Fanning as Mina / Lucy
Dakota Fanning

as Mina / Lucy

Olwen Fouéré as Madeline
Olwen Fouéré

as Madeline

Oliver Finnegan as Daniel
Oliver Finnegan

as Daniel

John Lynch as Kilmartin
John Lynch

as Kilmartin

Siobhan Hewlett as Mina's Mother
Siobhan Hewlett

as Mina's Mother

Hannah Dargan as Young Mina
Hannah Dargan

as Young Mina

Emily Dargan as Young Lucy
Emily Dargan

as Young Lucy

Joel Figueroa as Darwin (voice)
Joel Figueroa

as Darwin (voice)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 6, 2024

Production Companies

  • Blinding Edge Pictures

  • Inimitable Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $30,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $51,147,812.00

Runtime

  • 1.70 hrs

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Reviews

A real disappointment. 'The Watchers' 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 y…

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, …

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. See…