kismit Review of Observe and Report

Observe and Report (2009)

2nd best mall cop movie this year -mild spoiler

[4/10 · 10 April 2009]

It started out as a comedy and then kind of got weird in the middle as the main character's life unravels. The laughs all but disappeared, and the events began to get unlikely and then completely unbelievable. It starts off as a light comedy and then gets way too awkward and uncomfortable and can't bounce back. Rogan's character should have been in jail for various violent crimes and I think if you want to suspend reality for that, you still need to sew things together in some fashion to explain how he dodged prison time. Also Rogan starts off as a bit funny and likable but that wears off pretty quick sort of coming to a head when he blows up at work and then he is barely tolerable for the rest of the movie. You can't really see anything that would make the love interest want to be with him much less pursue him. Some laugh out loud moments, mostly early on, but not enough. Bad writing wastes a good cast