Observe and Report fits the mood for the lowest common denominator in popcorn fare. While I am about to trash the movie below, because of its sheer lack of imagination, the fact is that this movie does not pretend to be anything more than it actually is – a strictly “one time viewing” experience of a mall security guard and his fantasies of being a policeman, and his trying circumstances – an alcoholic mother, a group of misfits for friends, a bunch of chronic haters at the police force, a two-timing here-today gone-tomorrow girlfriend. Indeed Ronnie’s (Seth Rogen) life is so miserable that you almost end up wishing that the underdog would finally make it. And he does – somehow
5/20
