Synopsis
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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Cast
- Seth RogenRonnie Barnhardt
- Ray LiottaDetective Harrison
- Anna FarisBrandi
- Michael PeñaDennis
- Dan BakkedahlMark
- Jesse PlemonsCharles
- John YuanJohn Yuen
- Matt YuanMatt Yuen
- Celia WestonMom
- Collette WolfeNell
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
The superb character actor Celia Weston (In the Bedroom) is truly breathtaking as Ronnie's boozer mom. - 90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Observe and Report is the rare "action-comedy" (almost always a muddled hybrid) that earns its cathartic climax. The blood is real because the psychosis is real. But somehow--the magic of comedy--it's also uproarious. - 88
Charlotte Observer
You can't root for Ronnie. You can't identify with him. You can't hope he gets the girl – any girl. But you may want to look on with stunned fascination as he ticks away, ready to explode. - 75
Rolling Stone
Funny as hell. - 70
Variety
Ronnie is more complex, and much scarier, than the kind of self-deluding boob auds usually encounter in comedies of this sort. With the invaluable aid of Rogen, who's never been better, Hill sustains an impressive degree of tension between seemingly contradictory elements. - 60
Village Voice
Broad but thin and more bleak than uproarious--a humorously downsized homage to foundational '70s classics like "Dirty Harry" and, especially, "Taxi Driver." - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Barring a Terry Zwigoff return to "Bad Santa" territory, it's hard to imagine a filmmaker embracing this dubious hero to the extent writer-director Jody Hill does. - 50
Chicago Tribune
There's about 10 good minutes out of 85.
