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Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogan, Pineapple Express) 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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Reading some of the reviews here, you'd think this film is super-sick..but don't be put off-it's actually kind of cuddly. Ok, so it's definitely dark but it's also got a lot of heart- and it's bloody good. The Oldboy sequence is jawdropping, some of the jokes are killer, and it's very well made and acted. I think the problem a lot of people have with this is that it's pretty original, like a funny Taxi Driver. A proper movie. If you're looking for a family comedy or another Anchorman you'd better head elsewhere, but if you liked The Foot Fist Way you're gonna LOVE this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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If you like Seth as an Actor then this is very Seth-like film. Laugh out loud moments followed by some weirder moments. Loads of bad language and nakedness in case you want to avoid that.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is comedy in the darkest shade of black. Observe And Report observes and reports on the life of the tragically flawed character that is Ronnie Barnhardt, from the minute his mall becomes the target of a flasher operating in the car park. Ronnie leaps into action when the flasher targets the subject of his wildest dreams - trashy mall beautician Brandi - which also marks the beginning of his feud with Detective Harrison, sent out to deal with the situation.
Seth Rogen, familiar to many from his shlubby lovable loser characters in Judd Apatow's films, swings completely to the dark side in this role as bipolar Ronnie, which is probably his finest performance so far. He continues to carry out his mall duties obsessively, dealing out his own brand of justice, as he spars with Ray Liotta's Harrison - Harrison just wants to do his job, but is gradually driven to despair by Ronnie's continual ignorance, nuisance, and presence. Michael Peña is particularly hilarious as Dennis, Ronnie's 'right hand man' in mall security, and his performance is perhaps the only one you don't feel dirty inside for laughing at.
Be aware that this is definitely NOT a family movie though - it's not too graphic, apart from a prolonged section of full-frontal male nudity, though the themes in this film are more mature than plenty of 18 certificates I can think of. For instance, besides Ronnie's delusional nature, and often terrifying behaviour, there's some flat-out racism, date rape, and armed adults jumping and beating up teenagers.
This is a very funny film, though most of the time it's a slim choice between laughing and crying. Equally though, it is a great study of Ronnie's character, even if many of the things you see you may not want to remember!
Seth Rogen, familiar to many from his shlubby lovable loser characters in Judd Apatow's films, swings completely to the dark side in this role as bipolar Ronnie, which is probably his finest performance so far. He continues to carry out his mall duties obsessively, dealing out his own brand of justice, as he spars with Ray Liotta's Harrison - Harrison just wants to do his job, but is gradually driven to despair by Ronnie's continual ignorance, nuisance, and presence. Michael Peña is particularly hilarious as Dennis, Ronnie's 'right hand man' in mall security, and his performance is perhaps the only one you don't feel dirty inside for laughing at.
Be aware that this is definitely NOT a family movie though - it's not too graphic, apart from a prolonged section of full-frontal male nudity, though the themes in this film are more mature than plenty of 18 certificates I can think of. For instance, besides Ronnie's delusional nature, and often terrifying behaviour, there's some flat-out racism, date rape, and armed adults jumping and beating up teenagers.
This is a very funny film, though most of the time it's a slim choice between laughing and crying. Equally though, it is a great study of Ronnie's character, even if many of the things you see you may not want to remember!
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Doesn't know what it is
This doesn't really work on any level.
It is not funny enough to be a comedy, it is not serious enough to be a drama, and it is not realistic enough to be plausible. Read more
It is not funny enough to be a comedy, it is not serious enough to be a drama, and it is not realistic enough to be plausible. Read more
Published 18 days ago by longdirtyhair
"..CLASSIC COMEDY.."
Seth Rogen gets better and better and is making some classic comedy, this has to be one of his best roles to date, very funny, a must for all comedy fans, you will no doubt laugh... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
An odd one.
An age old problem with racism, misogyny, and gratuitious violence in film and TV is whether it's a commentary and criticism - at the very least an observation - of such things, or... Read more
Published 3 months ago by DanielJohnson
The seldom-seen `dark side' of cuddly Seth Rogen
I'm writing this review after a second viewing of Observe and Report. I've always been a fan of Seth Rogan's light-hearted (if adult) humour, so when I first saw this, I was a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Albatross
Not funny
This is possibly the worst film I have ever seen. Awful storyline, terrible plots and questionable humour. Read more
Published 5 months ago by The Hangmann
A confused movie.
What does this film want to be? I guess someone must have known but from the transition from page to screen it got badly lost. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Poirot
garbage
CRAP CRAP CRAP!!! AVOID THIS GARBAGE COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME,EVERY LINE ENDS WITH THE 'F--K' WORD.83 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL NEVER GET BACK.
Published 12 months ago by Mr. M. Robey
Observe & cringe
Well what to say, I never thought I could hate a film so much as I hate this, should have been rated 18 for all the swearing in it, if a mall cop was really like this and was... Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. Wigg
Seth Rogen? Why?
Having watched and enjoyed many of Seth Rogens films I expected this to continue the trend. I was very disappointed. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. M. Manning
Observed and now reporting. Conclusion: Pretty Rubbish
A big, fat, huge, resounding 'Meh' from me for this film. It had one maybe two moments in it but on the whole it was pretty diabolical. I took it back to the shop the next day. Read more
Published 21 months ago by The Truth
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