Observe and Report (2009—  86 mins) S. Rogen, A. Faris, Ray Liotta 

It’s kinda hard to talk about Seth Rogen’s  Observe and Report without mentioning the “other” mall cop movie Paul Blart Mall Cop. They are a bit similar in alot of ways. Rogen is the misfit rent-a-cop who longs to be a real cop but for one reason or another he is kept from the force. Here it’s b/c he’s just a bit Bi-Polar and just never going to get in. So he sets his sights on being the best damn Mall Cop he can be (See just like Kevin James in Blart). As usual there is crime that he wants to get to the bottom of and he just wants to belong and get the girl. But he’s just too socially inept to do any of it right.

   Where James’ Blart is more of a main stream comedy this is more of the raunchy comedy for the Knocked-Up and 40 year old Virgin crowd. They make alot of drug,homosexual and cop jokes, and even Rogen as the bi-polar mess is a walking joke in the movie. Where James’ Blart is just more naive Rogen is just a walking mess. The movie is funny don’t get me wrong but people who like their comedy more mainstream and less rated R will shy away from this.

Verdict—> I liked it and will prob watch it a bunch on late night cable but then again I love raunchy comedy. It’s got a ton of that and language as well. As mentioned above if you want more of a tamer movie look for Paul Blart, but if raunch is your thing check this out. Not terribly long so pretty perfect for a double feature with a rom-com to watch with a date and laugh at.

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