Overview
Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.
I had heard good things about this movie from people that I generally trust. You may have heard this storyline before but Seth Rogen plays a mall cop that thinks he owns the world and that the mall is his territory. When a perv starts to terrorize the mall by flashing women in the parking lot, Rogen takes it personally. I’d say that this movie was better than any Hollywood comedy that I’ve seen in a long time but that isn’t saying much. It straddled the line between being a mainstream comedy and being a dark comedy but was never really either of them. I almost would have preferred that it did cross into the dark comedy genre like Hott Fuzz did. Once again, worth the time (there were some generally funny moments) but nothing that is going to make you forget Animal House.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Observe and Report
Movie title: Observe and Report
Movie description: Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.
Date published: 2009-09-26
Director(s): Jody Hill
Actor(s): Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta, Collette Wolfe, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Celia Weston, Dan Bakkedahl, Jesse Plemons, Eddie Rouse, John Yuan, Matt Yuan, Randy Gambill, Alston Brown, Cody Midthunder, Debra-Jayne Brown, Patton Oswalt, Lauren Miller, Ben Best, William Sterchi, David House, Fran Martone, Amy Baklini, River Shields
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
My Review
I had heard good things about this movie from people that I generally trust. You may have heard this storyline before but Seth Rogen plays a mall cop that thinks he owns the world and that the mall is his territory. When a perv starts to terrorize the mall by flashing women in the parking lot, Rogen takes it personally. I’d say that this movie was better than any Hollywood comedy that I’ve seen in a long time but that isn’t saying much. It straddled the line between being a mainstream comedy and being a dark comedy but was never really either of them. I almost would have preferred that it did cross into the dark comedy genre like Hott Fuzz did. Once again, worth the time (there were some generally funny moments) but nothing that is going to make you forget Animal House.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10