Observe and Report

Movie

2009

1h 26m

English

Comedy, Crime, Drama

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5.6

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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.

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Observe and Report

Movie

2009

1h 26m

English

Comedy, Crime, Drama

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5.6

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Cast

Ronnie Barnhardt

Detective Harrison

Brandi

Dennis

Mark

Charles

John Yuen

Matt Yuen

Mom

Nell

Flasher

Bruce

D-Rock

Female Reporter

Saddamn

Angry Store Owner

Toast A Bun Manager

Girl Employee

Janitor

Detective Nichols

Department Store Manager

Tyler

Little Kid

Caucasian Crackhead

Random Crackhead

Directed By: Jody Hill

Written By: Jody Hill

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benoliver999 says...

8 years ago

A dark comedy about a bipolar mall cop (Seth Rogen) dealing with a flasher on the loose. The arrival of a ‘real’ police officer (Ray Liotta) causes some friction. This came out at a similar time to Paul Blart but for two films with the same subject matter, they could not be further apart. Observe and Report is a black as night comedy, with a sometimes deeply unlikeable central character and an odd dead-pan tone. Toss in some surprisingly good action scenes, a touching romance and some great one-liners and you’ve got a decent comedy. Not a masterpiece, but woefully underrated and a must see for those with a warped sense of humour. http://benoliver999.com/film/2016/08/22/observeandreport/

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Bradym03 says...

2 years ago

Seth Rogen has never been this scary, and no, I'm not even joking. His character in this movie is a dangerous narcissist who hurts everyone he comes across, emotionally and physically. He's almost like Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver but thrown in a comedy.

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AdamMorgan says...

6 years ago

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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Andre Gonzales

one year ago

Not the greatest movie. Really funny though. He always dreamed of becoming a cop. He runs his security team at the mall like he's the captain. They spend most of the movie trying to catch a male flasher.

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