Despite the fact that Brandi is clearly inebriated and unfit to give consent, Ronnie takes advantage of her vulnerable state, kissing her after she vomits and engaging in intercourse with her as she lies motionless on the bed, stopping once he notices she is unconscious. (uncredited), makeup department head / special makeup applications, special makeup effects artist (as Matthew Mungle), set decorating coordinator (as Leigh Anne Stoudenmire), product placement/clearance coordinator (as Sara M. Lewis), re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor, first assistant sound editor (as Dave Wolowic), special effects foreman (as D. Compton Brodhead), director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited), director of photography: second unit (as Michael A. Benson), lighting console programmer (as Ronald K. De torres), assistant chief lighting technician (as Lamarr Randell 'Gooch' Gray), b dolly grip / key grip: second unit / second unit: key grip, first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Jimmy Jensen), Steadicam operator / camera operator: "a" camera, additional digital colorist: Technicolor (uncredited), additional assistant production coordinator. Download Observe and Report (2009) Torrent: Ronnie Barnhardt lives with his alcoholic mother. Ronnie Barnhardt lives with his alcoholic mother. If Hill could pull off more humorous moments, the balance would work a lot better. 2. She continued, "It's far better and certainly easier ... to sit back and relax and enjoy the show. 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. Looking for some great streaming picks? | [7], However, in 2019, Rogen expressed anger at his discovery that Paul Blart: Mall Cop had "gotten the script and ripped us off, even though they're very different movies...One way or another I'm not thrilled with Paul Blart: Mall Cop in relation to how Observe and Report was received. However, while Ronnie is ostensibly well-intentioned and valiant in his own mind, in reality he appears to be an emotionally unstable individual with vigilante tendencies, apparently experiencing bipolar disorder and displaying violent ideation, among other problems. (2009). [13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale. A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater. We’re supposed to hate nearly everyone in this film at some point—with one exception: Nell, a born again Christian food court worker with a broken leg. And we're friends with those guys, so we would literally send each other pictures of the wardrobe, just to make sure we weren't stepping on each other's toes. Call security. | Brandi then awakens and asks him why he stopped. Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team. He dreams of shooting the bad guys and getting the hot girl (Anna Faris, a bimbo who works at a makeup counter at the mall). The film was released on April 10, 2009 and grossed $27 million. The site's critics consensus reads: "Though it has a mean streak, and does not cater to all tastes, Observe and Report has gut-busting laughs and a fully committed Seth Rogen in irresistible form. They're totally different movies. When a local police detective (Ray Liotta) starts horning in on his mall and his girl, Rogen begins to fly off the handle. At the request of the studio, during the test screening stage the filmmakers created a version of the film that was more toned down, but that was scrapped as the test screening scores for the new version were lower than the original. It was funny, but it always felt like it could be funnier. We have a new auteur in comedy director/writer Jody Hill. His work divide audiences sharply, and even those who like it, like myself, have their reservations. Even though Rogen is pretty crazy and frankly a bad person, I felt sorry for him. . Observe and Report: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on April 7, 2009 by New Line Records. [4], Observe and Report was written and directed by Jody Hill. Today in Film Bloggery 02/09/09, Five Reasons Seth Rogen's Observe and Report Will Own Paul Blart, "Observe and Report"—No, It's Not Another "Paul Blart", "Observe and Report Movie Reviews, Pictures", "Movie Reviews - Observe & Report - Mall Crisis? "[15] Conversely, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded the movie one star out of five and disparaged Rogen's performance, writing "for Seth Rogen fans like me, this charmless, heavy-handed and cynical comedy is an uncomfortable experience. Rated R for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence, 17 Similar Movies That Premiered Just Months Apart (Photos), HBO Max Announces Over 150 New Movies/TV Shows For September, HBO Max in September: Here’s Everything New Coming, Everything Coming to Netflix in June 2020, Guilty pleasures that are much better than their IMDb rating, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. He spends most of his days wishing he were more important, but he also likes to believe that he is very important where he is. An anonymous flasher exposes himself to shoppers in the Forest Ridge Mall parking lot. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 22, 2009. Seth Rogen plays the head of mall security. Ronnie decides to go undercover in order to catch the flasher, but when he catches Brandi having sex with Harrison in the parking lot, he confronts her in front of onlookers at the mall the next day, blowing his cover and destroying a display case. (Type "Observe and Report" in the search box), "Observe and Report Director Jody Hill on Making People Feel Weird", Seth Rogen and Jody Hill talk 'Observe and Report', "Seth Rogen Breaks Down His Most Iconic Movies", Observe and Report = The Dark Mall Cop. Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. In both instances, Detective Harrison, a police detective, arrives to investigate. Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release. View production, box office, & company info. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. It ultimately grossed $27 million at the box office. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. She kisses him just before the flasher arrives and exposes himself to the food court. An inept tae kwon do instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow tae kwon do enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Wallace. His bête noire is Detective Harrison, the city cop sent to investigate. During an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Rogen stated he was disappointed by the film's overall reception, but proud that "the only two people who liked it" were Stern and David Letterman. "[16] Paul Byrnes wrote in , "Much of the movie is just plain vicious. The film was shot on location in the largely abandoned Winrock Shopping Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ronnie thinks he could be an officer, thinks he stands a chance with Brandi, and slowly loses his self control.

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