2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Konterr Brilliant and touching

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

salmon62 This movie is painful to watch and I requested my money back.This movie is not a comedy! Not because It's not funny----but because its written as some sort of hybrid fairytale about violence and crude behavior without consequences, and sticking it to authority.This movie is terrible because Seth Rogen's style is to make everything unnecessarily profane to the point of irrelevancy. There is one painful exchange in the film between Rogen and (guess who . . .) Aziz Ansari who was the poster boy for anti-descrimination in Muslim/Arab comedy before his lifestyle caught up with him. The dialogue? A full minute of the two screaming "F you" at one another in a crowded mall. Funny? No, its Seth Rogen at his finest, bringing non-mainstream behavior into popular film. I think whats happened with Seth's crew, and you can name them on two hands, is that they find THEMSELVES very funny and think that you should also . . . Its pathetic "bro humor of the worst kind" and completely worthless as a comedic plot device.This movie takes pride in being inaccurate and unrepresentative of Police, Mall security people, shoppers, managers, everyone cast in this movie, and, since its not a comedy, there's no reason for the stupid characterizations of the cast. I love Anna Faris. Ray Liotta is awesome. But I can't understand why they accepted the roles in this film! Neither is funny or acts true to life. There's so much wrong with this film, mostly in its depiction of violence with zero consequences. There are actual shootings and beatings committed by Rogen's character in this film, as a civilian. He assaults a squad of police, shoots a misdemeanor flasher/streaker in a store full of people, drinks and uses drugs on the job, allows his co-worker to steal thousands of dollars on the job, commits rape while his love interest is passed out, and yet, no consequences!Yet ,he is given a security guard position back after committing numerous felonies! Is it a comedy? No, and it doesn't try to be funny, just in your face about what's right and what's wrong.In this movie, every conventional mainstream behavior is filtered through Seth Rogen's world.That world is disgusting, clueless, and overbearing.

Paul Magne Haakonsen This is definitely not Seth Rogen's finest moment. And the movie was quite boring and not particularly funny. I didn't even laugh a single time throughout the entire movie.The story takes place in a mall; a mall that is troubled by a deviant flasher. It is up to the mall security to bring a halt to the flasher. Ronnie (played by Seth Rogen) dreams of becoming a police officer and sees the chance of solving the flasher case to be his stepping stone into the police academy.I will say that the jokes kind of fell short and didn't really bring home any punchlines. Truth be told, then I was laughing only when I watched the gag reel. And for a comedy, then it is really a killing blow that the movie itself fails to muster laughs from the audience.Not even Anna Faris or Ray Liotta could save this movie, despite the fact that Ray Liotta was the one with the most memorable performance in this entire movie. Collette Wolfe was also putting on a good performance, just a shame that she didn't have a bigger role."Observe and Report" is not a particularly good movie, and there are far better movies out there if you enjoy comedies.

bowmanblue 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 little let down. The cuddly fat man we can't help but root for has been replaced here by a bi-polar mall security guard who's temper frequently gets him into trouble.It wasn't until the second viewing (when I wasn't expecting some sort of sweet-natured feel-good comedy, like the 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up) that I really appreciated it. I also like my humour dark. And, if you're in the mood for something pretty grisly and taboo-breaking, you may just get something out of this. Basically, if you haven't laughed in the first ten minutes, turn it off and watch something more mainstream.As I mentioned earlier, Rogen plays Ronnie Barnhardt, a mall security guard with delusions of grandeur. He thinks he's the hero, but the audience knows otherwise - which is where most of the humour derives from. He also has bi-polar disorder - a mental condition that means he's quite tolerable one minute (and we, the audience, can also unwittingly think the 'old lovable' Rogen is back. Then, cut to the next scene and he's battering some kid with a skateboard.Observe and Report is laden with poignancy and subtle humour. Basically, only watch if you're in the mood for black comedy and laced with taboos. Nothing is sacred here - expect racism, full frontal male untidy, date rape and plenty of violence and mental illness.If you think you can find the funny side to all that, Observe and Report may just be for you.Besides, it has a wicked soundtrack (if you're into classic rock).http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

FilmBuff1994 Observe and Report is a decent movie with a good storyline and a great comedic cast.It certainly isn't a perfect or even great comedy but it is still very watchable and has plenty of genuinely funny scenes.This movie came out around the same time as Paul Blart: Mall Cop and a lot of people complained about how similar they are,while,they are both about mall cops,this movie is way better and is not very similar to the other movie,this has a lot of black comedy and it dosen't try to make you feel sorry for the character constantly,also Seth Rogen is a much more likable main role than Kevin James is.It certainly isn't a great or outstanding comedy,and nowhere near some of Rogen's best work,but Observe and Report is still quite funny at times,and is worth the worth if you're looking for a quick comedy.A delusional mall cop tries to solve the case of a mystery flasher who stalks his mall and the girl he likesBest Performance: Seth Rogen