Observe And Report Page #2

Synopsis: Ronnie Barnhardt lives with his alcoholic mother. He's chief security guard at Forest Ridge Mall, where he's in love with Brandi, a cosmetic sales clerk, and gets a free coffee each day from Nell, a cheery clerk in the food court. A flasher haunts the mall's parking lot, and at night, thefts occur. Ronnie is intent on catching the criminals but has no investigative skills, is delusional about his abilities, and makes mad accusations. His bête noire is Detective Harrison, the city cop sent to investigate. Ronnie thinks he could be an officer, thinks he stands a chance with Brandi, and slowly loses his self control. Will reality set in? What about redemption?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jody Hill
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2009
86 min
$23,993,605
Website
399 Views


It just keeps playing

over and over in my head.

And I can't press stop.

It is on repeat.

- Are you okay, Brandi?

Physically yes.

Psychologically no!

Brandi!

Perimeter!

Are you okay?

Jesus Christ, I came as soon as I heard.

I am so sorry.

Everybody should've been protecting you.

This is not your fault.

Ronnie, can you do me a favor and

bring her down to my office?

So that the police can talk to her privately.

- Roger, no problem.

I obviously can't walk.

I'm in shock.

Okay. Of course you are.

You don't have to walk.

Oh, my back!

Detective. Detective, can you give us a statement

as to the identity of the pervert?

No comment.

Just stay with me, Brandi,

just stay with me.

I know it was horrible,

but don't think about his penis.

I uh, the secretary told me to come in.

I'm detective Harrison, Conway police.

Mark Peoples, I'm the manager of this mall.

This is Brandi, she's the one who saw his penis.

- Hey, Brandi, are you doing okay?

I'm pretty shaken up.

- Brandi ...

I am here to tell you that we're gonna work together

and make sure catch the guy who did this

Okay.

- Ronnie Barnhardt.

Head of mall security.

Chief inspector this is my lieutenant Dennis.

- All right, gentlemen.

Did you get a look of the guy?

- Yes.

Do you remember anything specific?

Was he tall, short, black, white ...

color of the hair?

- He was white...

Tall.

chubby and blonde.

- Pretty blonde or ...

and ugly. Ugly blonde.

- And ugly blonde.

You know what, I think this is good enough for now.

Alright I think the best thing to do at this point...

I'm gonna go talk to the other ladies,

who saw the guy ...

Ha!

- What? Now what?

Forgive me for saying, but you just sound so much like a cop,

it's paperwork, it's procedures, ...

What I want to know

who's gonna protect Brandi?

It's clear to me she's being targetted here.

Why are you saying that? What gives you that impression?

- A:
She's the prettiest girl in this entire mall, maybe the world.

B:
It is clear that this pervert

is some kind of a sociopathic genius...

Who plans to come back here and finish

what he started. By murdering Brandi.

Oh my god! Is that gonna happen?

- Yes, it's gonna happen.

No, that's not gonna happen.

- He will murder you, Brandi.

No, no it's not...

- Oh my god! Am I gonna die?

You will die.

- I have to get going, okay?

I will give you my card here,

call me when you're off work here.

Then we're coming to the station,

and we'll do some mugshots.

Don't worry, okay?

- Yes.

Your hair is all messy.

Talk to you soon.

Thanks, Detective.

I feel a lot better.

Yeah, we all feel a lot better. Thanks a lot.

Alright. Have a nice day.

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Jody Hill

Jody Hill is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. In 2006, he directed, co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in his first film The Foot Fist Way, which he based on his experience as a Taekwondo black belt and instructor. His follow-up film, Observe and Report, stars Seth Rogen and was released on April 10, 2009. Hill is also co-creator, director and executive producer of the HBO series Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. more…

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