It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Being someone that enjoys the work of Stiller, Vaughn and Hill, this was something I thought would be pretty enjoyable. Instead, I found that there weren't many laughs to be found, though I enjoyed Richard Ayoade. I didn't know who he was at the time, but have since come to enjoy his work immensely! The main problem with this film, simply, is that it isn't funny. It confuses dumb, violent and sexual situations with humor. It was written originally as a Ghostbusters-esque PG-13 film, which probably would have been better, but was then rewritten by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who's work I'm not particularly fond of. Richard Ayoade was the best part of this for me, but even so, the crude humor just doesn't work in the film's case. Almost all of the jokes fall flat, or feel awkward and generally it just wasn't an enjoyable experience for me. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it's close.

This movie isn't designed for artist views and pretentiousness. It's meant to be crass and stupid and entertaining. It provided me with more laughs in a movie I've had in so long. Just because you find this movie funny doesn't make you stupid it just means you've got a decent sense of humour and don't take life too seriously where a movie is concerned. Jonah Hill is one of the best in this movie complimented with Vince Vaughn's stone cold faced humour. I loved it. I would watch it again. Feel down watch this for just the stupidity and laughter.

This would just be a fairly inoffensive, dumb film except for Jonah Hill's character. Considering all the things that have been happening lately, to have a character who is a wannabe cop with strange aggressive sexual behaviors and a large arsenal is just not that funny. I hope they weren't thinking about this when they wrote the character, but there are too many parallels with George Zimmermann. Can't hold a job, can't qualify as a cop, fascinated with guns, still lives under parental protection, joins a neighborhood watch. Too many loser white boys have been thinking they can redeem themselves by shooting someone for their community. This movie should just be innocuous junk food for munching late at night when you want something you will not regret falling asleep during. You shouldn't have to think about it enough to want to write a review.

The film starts off with narration: "Here in Glenview we value diversity. I myself am friends with an old Indian man… etc." Meanwhile, the credits roll. "Starring: Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill. Casting by: Alyssa Weisberg. Co-producer: Jeffrey Wetzel, Billy Rosenberg. Film Editor: Dean Zimmerman. Executive Producers: Dan Levine, Monica Levinson. Produced by: Shawn Levy. Written by: Jared Stern, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg." Catch my drift?Anyway… enough about diversity in Hollywood. On to this semi-fine comedy produced and written by a whole array of vastly diverse people, nationalities, and races. Can anyone say "hypocrites"? Sorry, there's me babbling about diversity. I'm just as bad as Ben.TW is a mildly entertaining comedy, most of its positives stemming from the simple fact that it's about an alien invasion. I know, not exactly an original premise, but comedies aren't supposed to be original, they're supposed to be first-and-foremost funny. TW delivers a few laughs here and there but by-and-large the gags and jokes bomb. Why? Because TW suffers from the same ailment as nearly all modern comedies: a lack of LESS IS MORE.An example: the argument about peeing and drinking beer in a parked car. It goes on and on, into absurdity – but not in a good, funny, intelligent Monty Pythonish way. Rather, the excessive verbal diarrhea that permeates so many bad and mediocre comedies these days is more on the embarrassing side. Cringe time. It's stuff written by a very "diverse" bunch, a closely-knit group that must believe that only they somehow have the abilities to write, direct and produce comedies. Evidently, they're wrong. And anyway, their 60s/70s/80 ancestors were so much better at it. Anyone remember Walter Matthau? No more Walter Matthaus, I'm afraid – but a LOT of Ben Stillers and Adam Sandlers. (Sorry, Ben, for lumping you together with Sandler; compared to him, you're a comic genius, not at all just another overrated nepotist runt.)Jonas and Vince, while on the surface seeming to be playing very different characters, essentially do the same tiresome shtick: they gab on and on, continuing a joke into infinity, squeezing it dry like a bad lemon, diluting it with their Improv-sounding nonsense until there's nothing left of it – be it a gag that started off with potential or an unfunny idea to begin with. LESS IS MORE; I can't say that often enough. Don't BLEED A GAG DRY. Just use it and then MOVE ON. Seth Rogen and company need to finally understand this. Seth is a good comic, but his writing abilities leave a bit to be desired. But I forget: nowadays every actor is a mega-multi-talent who produces (anyone who has money can produce), directs (with modern technology any jackass can direct these days, especially with the help of an experienced cinematographer), and writes (anyone can write shoddy or average scripts).Going back to diversity, don't you love it how diverse Hollywood is? A whole ARRAY of Arquettes, Carradines, Fondas, Coppolas, and Barrymores. You can't – you just CAN'T – get more diversity than that. Not to mention the other type of Hollywood "diversity" I'd mentioned earlier on.