Observe and Report [Blu-ray]

Observe and Report [Blu-ray]
by Jody Hill

Observe and Report [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta, Seth Rogen
Director: Jody Hill
Brand: Warner Brothers
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
Published: 2009-09-01
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-09-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Observe and Report [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Another Jody Hill Realistic Character Comedy!
Summary: 5 Stars

Most comedies make one suspend one's beliefs and provides cheap laughs which end up like cheap highs--they lose their effect and soon bore over time. Not so with Observe and Report.

Observe and Report (OAR) is a revelation! And an affirmation that Jody Hill (along with his Fist Foot Way and Eastbound and Down) is forging a new movement in comedy by providing unmasked realism! This movie takes realistic "everyday" people and situations to their true ends where no typical Hollywood comedy or movie would go. It provides realism connoisseurs with immense levels of joy and satisfaction.

OAR centers around Ronnie, a protagonist with all his imperfections as well as his strengths. He is loud and strong, takes his ridiculed job very seriously, he speaks his mind all the time, and he takes care of his friends and family. As such, he earns the respect of his co-security guards and a fellow mall food court worker. He may not be super likeable by movie viewers who only look at hotshot Hollywood hunks, due to his chunky looks, racial prejudices, and his violent acts when off his meds but he does the best he can as product of a single drunk mother, holding a steady, unflattering job, all while being bi-polar.

Ronnie's life starts out small but complete as head of security in a typical shopping mall along with a band of interesting security guards. He takes care of his loving but hard drinking mom. He has a unforgetable right hand man, Dennis, who is 100% hilarious as he is criminal. Dennis's scenes are pure magic! His initial love interest is a blond cosmetic counter "party girl" (played by Anna Faris) who he eventually sees as not his type of girl. :) Over the course of what seems like a few days, he nearly loses his life to a vengeful detective, he goes off his meds, he loses his meaning in life, goes on a mini violence spree, sees his life in ruins, holds true to his character and his convictions, and finally regains his small life back again along with a girlfriend Nell (who is undeniably sweet and has heart wrenching scene).

OAR is a great character movie because it is oh so real. There is no need to go to a fantasy world for 90 minutes and rebound back to reality. This movie is reality!
Every character is real (as in people you see in real life). The plot plays out naturally as it should with the characters involved. Of course this means this movie is not for sheltered Hollywood addicted fans who are looking beautiful people and escapist sugary silly storylines. But hey, that's their problem. In fact, these sugary movie addicts should ask themselves why they need to so desperately escape reality? Perhaps they need Dennis Chevante to show them the way. :)

Those who are unafraid of reality and life will agree that Observe and Report is pure delight. I look forward to more wonderful character movies from Jody Hill. I also hope that he continues to use more unknown actors which makes his movies even more authentically realistic.

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Summary of Observe and Report [Blu-ray]

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 09/22/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
With sublime awkwardness, Seth Rogen throws himself into the role of a deluded, socially inept shopping mall security guard. Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) protects his little kingdom with a mixture of grandiose passion and borderline incompetence; he can?t catch a flasher in the parking lot or a thief with inside connections because his prejudices and desires cloud his ability to see what?s right in front of him--all he can see is the trashy cosmetics salesgirl Brandi (Anna Faris) who thinks he?s nothing but a creep. Though he resents the intrusion of a police detective (Ray Liotta), Ronnie decides to pursue his true dream: Becoming a cop so he can carry a gun. The plot isn?t what matters in Observe and Report--this comedy is about letting talented actors create strange characters with enough roots in reality to make them very, very funny. Even the supporting actors shine with a mixture of weirdness and banality, including Michael Peña (Crash) as Ronnie?s sidekick who turns out to have a secret life, and Celia Weston (Junebug) as Ronnie?s boozing and wildly inappropriate mother. Writer/director Jody Hill (The Fist Foot Way) has a gift for pushing an ordinary moment into comic exaggeration, though he doesn?t always find the right balance; every now and then Observe and Report veers into territory that?s funny, but undercuts the movie?s internal reality, and there are several moments of unexpectedly graphic violence that will make some viewers recoil. But when the movie hits the mark--and it does so more often than not--Hill and Rogen tap into a rich vein of humor that stands apart from the usual Hollywood formula gags. --Bret Fetzer

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