Neighborhood Watch

There’s no great effort at building tension, or orchestrating major setpieces. But the narrative moves along at an engaging clip, and there’s a pleasing emotional payoff to the way things ultimately come together in Farley’s screenplay. T

If you’re a “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” type when it comes to genre, do have a look at this. It’ll very likely hit an old-school sweet (or sour) spot or two.

‘Neighborhood Watch’ ultimately succeeds thanks to two very capable leads.

Arch and attention-grabbing in all the wrong places, Neighborhood Watch has the kind of original screenplay that gives the form a bad name.

Neighborhood Watch is a simple story with ambitions as modest as its budget. It probably took a few weeks to shoot and cost somewhere south of $5 million, but it’s a satisfying little low-life diversion with some sharp performances.

The actors make the weirdness of their characters click...

For me, the film’s low key charm and unfussy direction makes it an understated hit.

Neighborhood Watch is a sweet story about a young man who finds acceptance packaged in a thrilling crime drama.

Disorganized and chaotic, this movie is still ultimately lucid enough to offer a worthy, nuanced twist on the typical psychological thriller.

There is enough to director Duncan Skiles’s Neighborhood Watch to suggest that its conversations around mentally ill individuals are well-meaning. However, it also falls into that trap of uncomfortably playing beats for laughs