Observe and Report | 
| Director: Jody Hill
Actors: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Pena, Ray Liotta
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 3706
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: WARD042709D
UPC: 883929037919
EAN: 0883929037919
ASIN: B001UV4X8S
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 2009
Release Date: September 22, 2009
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| • | Bargain hunters at Forest Ridge Mall get more than they bargained for: a chubby flasher in a ratty bathrobe. They re repulsed. Security guard Ronnie Barnhardt isn t: This disgusting pervert is the best thing that ever happened to me! Catching the flasher may be his ticket to a real police job and to romance with a hot cosmetics-counter princess. Only one thing stands between Ronnie and destiny: a |
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Product Description
Bargain hunters at forest ridge mall get more than they bargained for a chubby flasher in a ratty bathrobe. Security guard hopes to catch the flasher so he may get a real police job and to romance with a hot cosmetics counter princess. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/26/2010 Starring: Seth Rogen Ray Liotta Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R Director: Jody Hill
Amazon.com
With sublime awkwardness, Seth Rogen throws himself into the role of a deluded, socially inept shopping mall security guard. Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) protects his little kingdom with a mixture of grandiose passion and borderline incompetence; he can’t catch a flasher in the parking lot or a thief with inside connections because his prejudices and desires cloud his ability to see what’s right in front of him--all he can see is the trashy cosmetics salesgirl Brandi (Anna Faris) who thinks he’s nothing but a creep. Though he resents the intrusion of a police detective (Ray Liotta), Ronnie decides to pursue his true dream: Becoming a cop so he can carry a gun. The plot isn’t what matters in Observe and Report--this comedy is about letting talented actors create strange characters with enough roots in reality to make them very, very funny. Even the supporting actors shine with a mixture of weirdness and banality, including Michael Peña (Crash) as Ronnie’s sidekick who turns out to have a secret life, and Celia Weston (Junebug) as Ronnie’s boozing and wildly inappropriate mother. Writer/director Jody Hill (The Fist Foot Way) has a gift for pushing an ordinary moment into comic exaggeration, though he doesn’t always find the right balance; every now and then Observe and Report veers into territory that’s funny, but undercuts the movie’s internal reality, and there are several moments of unexpectedly graphic violence that will make some viewers recoil. But when the movie hits the mark--and it does so more often than not--Hill and Rogen tap into a rich vein of humor that stands apart from the usual Hollywood formula gags. --Bret Fetzer
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 mercifully short March 8, 2010
falcon (canada)
i don't see the appeal of this movie.apparently it's part comedy,but i guess i didn't get the memo about that,because i didn't find it funny.check that.i did actually laugh out loud once.but i forgot exactly what it was i laughed about before the movie was over.so there there are no real laughs.there is however an abundance of crude language,and there's even some full frontal male nudity,if that's what floats your pontoons,though i'm not saying these are good things.for me,the characters are mostly unsympathetic and shallow and inspire nothing more than indifference towards them.the only decent character in the whole bunch has very little screen time.there are a few things that keep it from being a complete wash.the main character has one or two scenes in which he actually seems like he could almost be a decent human being.there's also good action sequence in the earlier stages of the movie,and it isn't boring.best of all though,it's mercifully short,at less than ninety minutes,even with the end credits.for me,Observe and Report is a 2/5
 Observe and Report March 7, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Ronnie Barnhardt lives with his alcoholic mother. He's chief security guard at Forest Ridge Mall, where he's in love with Brandi, a cosmetic sales clerk, and gets a free coffee each day from Nell, a cheery clerk in the food court. A flasher haunts the mall's parking lot, and at night, thefts occur. Ronnie is intent on catching the criminals but has no investigative skills, is delusional about his abilities, and makes mad accusations. His bête noire is Detective Harrison, the city cop sent to investigate. Ronnie thinks he could be an officer, thinks he stands a chance with Brandi, and slowly loses his self control. Many people are turned off by this movie, Its easily one of the darkest comedies I've ever seen. There is some brutal violence, use of heroin and even essentially a date rape. But perhaps the darkest element of the story is Ronnie (Seth Rogen). This character is so twisted but fear not this movie is funny and sometimes extreme. You won't get what you expect, but if you see this movie, you just might enjoy it.
 Seth Rogen letdown March 6, 2010
Sebastien Lessard (Richmond, BC Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a Seth Rogen fan, I found this movie not very good. The trailer for it seemed promising.
Making light of manic depression to me is not funny and you end up feeling bad for the main character because of his illness. There are very few laughs to be had. He suffers from delusions of grandeur and thinks get worse once he stops taking his medication.
The ending of the movie is questionable bad taste with a mentally ill man shooting a flasher and being hailed as a hero.
I would recommend Knocked Up, Super Bad, Pineapple Express but I would not this one.
Observed and reporting February 12, 2010
customer501 (Berkeley, CA USA)
Works like a blu-ray disc should! Prompt delivery! Kind of ridiculous plot, but entertaining. Love Seth Rogan.
What Happened Here? February 6, 2010
Daniel J. Beason (Washington DC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Look, I like pretty much each of these actors in something else, ranging from Good Fellas to Scary Movie. I even liked "Funny People" and I am told I'm totally alone on that one.
But this just didn't have anything redeeming to it. I prayed it was just off to a slow start for two hours. It never delivered.
Oh there were jokes. There were things intended to be shocking. But everything had been done better somewhere else.
If a film is going to be dark comedy, then it has to be funny. If not, then you end up wondering what you just saw. It looks accidental, or like everyone is just phoning it in, from writers to featured extras.
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