SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

druidyss I really liked it. The thing is, even though it seemed very slow to actually develop and nothing seems to happen really until the very end, I was engrossed in every bit of it. I just really wanted to watch their story. I didn't mind that it seemed to go on for a while, and it was necessary for the viewer to get the full story and see it come together in the end. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and it was oddly enjoyable.This is where I feel the spoiler part comes in to my review, because I detail a little more than I would like if talking to someone who hasn't seen the movie. It made me rofl because the first major part of the movie was just watching their process, some stumbles in their travels and watching a vague tension develop between the film crew and the locals. When something climactic does happen it is brief and quickly de-escalates. Even at 50 minutes in, with 43 minutes to go, you are still waiting for something big, and you think it is about to happen but then it de-escalates again. But finally an hour in and just 30 minutes to go, things start to ramp up. But even then, tension is only a little elevated, but things go a bit faster and at 18 minutes left things are building for the big show. With 11 minutes left, this is what I found hilarious and maybe a little abrupt, it turns into a boss fight in a dungeon in World of Warcraft. Figuratively, of course. If you watch you will see what I mean. After watching all but 11 minutes of the movie up to that point I just was not expecting that. I was amused. I enjoyed the story that leads up to the climax I had long awaited, and it made me chuckle, which is a bonus. Definitely not a waste of time, in my opinion. Show everyone ;)

kcrisenphoenix The problem with this movie is that there was a whole lot of nothing going on. In trying to make it look real, it went on and on and on with nothing happening. Just a bunch of talking heads.By the end it does start getting a little spooky though. That's good....Some decent acting and some really, really bad acting which pulled me out of being able to enjoy the film. It is one of those movies that is supposed to be real, but it was the bad acting that kept ejecting me from being able to like the movie.And I think it must have been the directing. Because some of the actors really are good, but not in this. And a big reveal scene involving Afghanistan falls flat on its face, which was sad. It should have been better.Decent Acting: Mia Faith: Charming: I could believe she was a real person and not an actress. Brigid Brannagh: She almost convinced me she was a real person and not an actress. Dimitri Diatchenko: Funny and charming. I enjoyed him quite a bit.Truly horrible acting—Kindergarten Thanksgiving Plays have better acting: Carrie Genzel: Terrible! Stunned she was picked for this film. Kris Lemche: Truly some of the worst acting I've ever seen, except for Carrie Genzel. So bad. These two pretty much made this movie almost unwatchable.Then it finally hit me. This was a dark comedy. And when I realized that I decided this wasn't a total waste after all. If you have an hour and a half, and can sift through horrible acting, you may like this movie.

Bryan Roderick (Bryan_Roderick) They're WatchingThings go wrong when American's visit an Eastern European country to film. This trope is dead and this film beats the dead horse into oblivion. Quick cuts and poor editing make this film hard to watch. The horrible characters and writing means the viewer has to suffer through a boring and overly stereotyped scenes and characters.Jay Lender and Micah Wright directed and wrote They're Watching. This probably explains why I didn't enjoy Phineas and Ferb, and The Angry Beavers. There are overly artsy style shots and then quick to over the shoulder close ups. It all adds up to bad direction. The conversations don't feel authentic which was a feeling the movie was going for.Brigid Brannagh plays Becky, I enjoyed her acting in Army Wives and she easily does the best performance of the film. A bright light in the boring abyss. She has believable reactions and adds to the poor writing with her acting.The worst actress in the film and probably what brought it down further for me was Carrie Genzel who plays Kate. She's used as an excuse for sex scenes and elaborate ways of swearing. There's of course no reason for her actions other than to sell the movie or make for scenes to have an odd conclusion. The camera needs to turn off if you accidentally stumble upon two people going at it. The camera needs to spy on people swearing at each other by themselves. She's recognizable but only because she's been in plenty of movies. The trick is she's almost never the lead, and for good reason.Verdict: Don't waste your time and money.

trashgang Horror that will have mixed emotions amongst the fans. Why, because it really is a slow burner. It almost takes until the end before the real horror comes in. But once it does, it's one to look forward to.It do has a few of funny situations but it wasn't made to make you laugh. But you can see it coming, Americans going to Eastern Europe (Moldavia) to visit a woman who made it over there. But there's more going on. Slowly the people from the town are watching the Americans. So want to know what is going on and I admit, the frogs tricked me. I can't say what did happen, otherwise I spoil it all but it's easy to spot that the ending is the moment all the money was used. It's over the top that's true but it do works. They're Watching is a mockumentary go wrong as we have seen so many times but it worked out fine for me. But again, its a love or hate thing.Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5