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2009 film by Jody Hill

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Observe and Report is a 2009 American drama, comedy, and crime film directed and written by Jody Hill. The movie features a cast including Seth Rogen, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña, and Anna Faris. It was produced by Donald De Line and produced by Legendary Pictures and De Line Pictures. The film was filmed in New Mexico, which also serves as its narrative location.

The film has a runtime of 86 minutes and was released in 2009. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, with video on demand as a distribution format. The production had a budget of 18000000 and generated a revenue of 24007324. The original language is English.

Critical reception includes a review score of 51%, a 5.6/10 rating, and a 54/100 score. The Metascore is 54, and the IMDb rating is 5.8 based on 66,114 votes. The film is rated R and received one win and four nominations. Keywords associated with the work include robbery, dark comedy, unrequited love, security guard, and mall.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Observe and Report is referenced by 61 other articles, and connects out to Donald De Line, New Mexico and Queen.

It sits within the topics 2000s vigilante films, 2009 American films and 2009 black comedy films.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Film · TMDB

5.4

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 Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.

Released: 2009-04-1086 minDir: Jody HillComedy, Crime, DramaBudget: $18.0MBox office: $24.0M

Cast

  • Seth Rogen as Ronnie Barnhardt
  • Ray Liotta as Detective Harrison
  • Anna Faris as Brandi
  • Michael Peña as Dennis
  • Dan Bakkedahl as Mark
  • Jesse Plemons as Charles

Themes

  • robbery
  • dark comedy
  • unrequited love
  • security guard
  • mall

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Ratings

IMDb

5.8/10

66,114 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

51%

Metacritic

54/100

Year
2009
Runtime
86 min
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated
R
Awards
1 win & 4 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
Jody Hill
Screenwriter
Jody Hill
Cast member
Dan Bakkedahl
Production company
Legendary Pictures
Cinematographer
Tim Orr
Narrative location
New Mexico
Filming location
New Mexico
Duration
86
FilmAffinity ID
231806
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
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publication date
2009-06-18
title
Observe and Report
distributed by
Netflix
review score
54/100
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