Observe and Report
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. But when he can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case. And now Ronnie is confronted with the challenge of not only catching the flasher, but getting him before the real cops do.
14 December 1951, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
15 December 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 December 1954, Newark, New Jersey, USA
2 April 1988, Dallas, Texas, USA
2 July 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 April 1980, King George, Virginia, USA
27 January 1969, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
19 May 1980, Iola, Kansas, USA
14 December 1973
25 October 1992, California, USA
23 June 1991, Park City, Utah, USA
1982
June 04, 2012
For those who appreciate laughs spiked with venom.
April 13, 2009
I don't think it's much of a comedy. The darkness overpowers everything.
October 07, 2015
The film becomes almost nauseating, though, after serving up a steady diet of violence, drug use, racism and date rape.
August 18, 2011
It's a full-scale, contemptuous attack on the mall mentality.
June 22, 2013
This movie has a clever idea - what if a mall cop truly believed he was society's last protector? - and then wraps it up in stylish sight gags and muffles the message by making Ronnie just a garden-variety, everyday bipolar depressive.
April 24, 2009
Bracing, bleak and berserk, this is a film which laughs in the face of American intolerance, and comes up punch-drunk and grinning.
April 10, 2009
It falls short of brilliant but it's a lot more daring than what passes for 'dark comedy' these days, and it reminds us that 'feel bad' comedies may not always be as funny as 'feel good' ones but, when they work, they can ultimately be more satisfying.
September 29, 2012
This is one of the best comedies of the decade, and I suggest you check it out immediately - just don't take your grandmother.
April 10, 2009
I don't want to oversell it, but Observe and Report is the sort of offbeat studio movie that should be encouraged.
April 10, 2009
Observe and Report is a lot better when it's being funny than when it's rummaging in the shadows.
