Observe and Report
(directed by Jody Hill, 2009)



A penis sets off the storyline for Observe and Report, which stars Seth Rogen as a bipolar mall security guard named Ronnie Barnhardt, who is intent on catching a flasher that's been exposing himself to women in the mall parking lot.

Oh, and he's also trying to get a date with Brandi (Anna Faris), the sexy, slutty cosmetics girl. As you can see by the picture above, Ronnie does eventually score that.

Ronnie's also trying to become a real policeman... at one point he even goes for a ride along with Detective Harrison (Ray Liotta, who is not aging well...)

But the trouble is, Ronnie is PSYCHO!!! Do not mess with Ronnie Barnhardt -- blood will be shed and it will be yours.

You can, however, mess with Ronnie's alcoholic mother (Celia Weston), who apparently slept with all of Ronnie's friends when he was in high school.

Alright, so you wanna know, is it any good? I think so. It is a dark comedy and for once it's a dark comedy that actually made me laugh quite a bit. It is stupid and yet a little deep, I think. I think the Ronnie Barnhardt character will go down in history, however, I think the film is also on its way to Comedy Central.

The ending is very Fight Club, by the way. That's all I'll say.

Anna Faris pulls in another funny performance -- I think this woman is legendary, however, she needs to be in more films that are her own vehicles. The Scary Movie series was nice, however, she still needs more! I haven't seen The House Bunny, yet. Of course, everytime she plays a character you can really notice the Anna Farishness about her, but I like it. Unfortunately, she isn't given much to do in Observe and Report.

They also didn't spend enough time on her gay cosmetics counter co-worker, Bruce! (Alston Brown, I'm going IMDB crazy here).

Ronnie has also assembled a team of other mall security guards to sort of tag along with him. That, I think, was a weak point. Sometimes funny, but mostly unnecessary. Two of them are called the Yuen brothers (John & Matt Yuan).

It was nice that they actually explained Ronnie's craziness with the bipolar disorder. I have known a few bipolars in my life, and lemme just say that one of them was exactly like Ronnie Barnhardt!

But without the deliciousness of Seth Rogen's physical appeal (at least to me). Sadly, although there's plenty of nudity from the disgusting, fat flasher, there's nothing from Rogen, even though he does have a sex scene.

Oh yeah, and there's this girl named Nell (Collette Wolfe) who works at a coffee shop/bakery and she has her leg in a cast which she has to keep propped up all the time. Ronnie visits her everyday and gets a free cup of coffee. That's an interesting subplot.

Be prepared for violence, arrogance, alcoholism, sluttiness, mental disorders, penis, drugs, charm and car giveaways.