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- The makers of the new film "Observe and Report," which opened Friday and stars Seth Rogen and Anna Faris, are calling it comedy. While some movie critics say they get the joke, several women bloggers and sexual assault victim advocates are expressing outrage by what they call a mainstream validation of date rape.
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Apr 13, 2009 · The makers of the new film "Observe and Report," which opened Friday and stars Seth Rogen and Anna Faris, are calling it comedy. While some movie critics say they get the joke, several women bloggers and sexual assault victim advocates are expressing outrage by what they call a mainstream validation of date rape.
May 12, 2009 · Whether or not Observe and Report is a good film is open to debate. But criticizing a black comedy/social satire for having unlikable characters, awkward situations, and uncomfortable material is awfully foolish. Scott Mendelson, Contributor. Film critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine. Suggest a correction.
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To say that Observe & Report is dark is a bit of an understatement. The film is about a bipolar mall cop, Ronnie Barnhardt, who will stop at nothing to catch a serial flasher. Along the way, Ronnie attempts to seduce Brandi, a make-up counter worker played by Anna Faris, and spars with an actual policeman, Detective Harrison, played by Ray Liotta. ...
By 2009, Seth Rogen had already been typecast as a sympathetic schlub due to movies like Knocked Up and Pineapple Express. His characters were often lazy man-children, but they were likable lazy man-children. The expectation going into a Seth Rogen movie was that you would enjoy watching him and find his struggles relatable. This is in stark contra...
For all of its hilarious moments and trenchant satire pointed at bigotry and toxic masculinity, Observe and Report often falls into the same traps it criticizes. Plenty of jokes in the film are at the expense of marginalized communities. While these could be viewed as an extension of the cultural critique, many come across as just bigoted. These ar...
Apr 10, 2009 · No Means Ho: Debating ‘Observe and Report”s Most Controversial Scene. It’s become the most contentious scene in a film loaded with controversial content. It’s more argued over than the ...
Apr 27, 2009 · April 27, 2009 | Melissa Silverstein | Arts and culture, Violence against women. Reflections on the Observe and Report Date-Rape Controversy. Just in time for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month, a comedy provokes argument—if not box office success.
Observe and Report is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Jody Hill and starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris and Ray Liotta. It follows a mentally unstable vigilante mall cop who attempts to join the police academy and pursues a flasher tormenting female visitors to the mall where he works.
Apr 11, 2009 · Instead, he should be girding up to defend himself against furious feminists who have launched an internet offensive over a scene from his new R-rated movie, Observe and Report.
