The Watcher (2000) movie poster

The Watcher (2000)

"Don't go home alone."
ThumbScore
👍 67%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 16%
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Director
Joe Charbanic
Runtime
1h 36m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
5.1/10 (534 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
11%
Metacritic
22

Cast

James Spader as FBI Special Agent Joel Campbell · 73% avg
Keanu Reeves as David Allen Griffin · 72% avg
Marisa Tomei as Dr. Polly Beilman · 71% avg
Ernie Hudson as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby · 71% avg
Chris Ellis as Hollis · 71% avg
Robert Cicchini as Mitch
Yvonne Niami as Lisa
Jenny McShane as Diana

Is The Watcher good?

It's divisive. Only 67% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 16%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#532 / 750 · Mystery
Rank in its year
#111 / 122 · 2000

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die. Wikipedia ↗

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