Ronnie la Gaffe

Original title: Observe and Report

2009
R
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

66K

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Michael Peña, Seth Rogen, John Yuan, and Matt Yuan in Ronnie la Gaffe (2009)

Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher in his shopper's paradise. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case.

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Bi-polar 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 ... Read allBi-polar 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.Bi-polar 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.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

66K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Chris Evans had a panic attack while auditioning for the movie. He was brought back to audition a second time and had a second panic attack and still remembers the experience as one of his worst auditions.

Goofs
During the scene where Rogan is accusing the Indian mall worker of being the streaker as he massages lotion into a high school chick, you notice as they are going back and forth saying "f*** you" there is a woman pushing a stroller in the right background by the kiosk who disappears and reappears while they are cursing at each other.

Quotes
Ronnie Barnhardt: I have a dream most nights. It starts on a playground. There's kids swinging, laughing, dogs barking, butterflies just flapping their little wings. And then you hear a rumbling, and over the horizon comes a black cloud and it's made of cancer and pus. And it starts sweeping over the playground and everyone starts screaming and clawing their eyes and pulling at their hair, and saying "Help! What do we do?" And you know what happens next? Out steps me wielding the biggest fucking shotgun you've ever seen in your whole life. And you know what I do? I blow every fucking thing away. And I am getting God's work done. When it's all over and the dust has settled, the whole world gathers below me and they say, "Thank you, Ronnie, thank you for helping, being a great man and doing this for us." And you know what I say? "You don't need to thank me. I'm just a guy with a gun. I'm just a cop."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Monsters VS. Aliens/Spinning into Butter/The Education of Charlie Banks/Goodbye Solo/Adventureland (2009)

Soundtracks
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Written by Bob Dylan
Performed by The Band
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under License from EMI Film & Television Music

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Featured review

8/10

Disturbing and funny, but maybe not funny enough

We have a new auteur in comedy director/writer Jody Hill. With two films and one television series under his belt now, his vision is pretty clear: he makes comedies about nasty, mean-spirited people who can be extremely unpleasant to be around. His work divide audiences sharply, and even those who like it, like myself, have their reservations. Observe and Report is heavily influenced by Taxi Driver. Seth Rogen plays the head of mall security. He spends most of his days wishing he were more important, but he also likes to believe that he is very important where he is. He dreams of shooting the bad guys and getting the hot girl (Anna Faris, a bimbo who works at a makeup counter at the mall). When a local police detective (Ray Liotta) starts horning in on his mall and his girl, Rogen begins to fly off the handle. Like Hill's previous film, The Foot Fist Way, what Observe and Report really needs is a few more laughs. It was funny, but it always felt like it could be funnier. The movie's often very depressing, and Hill is effective in making those painful moments work. Even though Rogen is pretty crazy and frankly a bad person, I felt sorry for him. If Hill could pull off more humorous moments, the balance would work a lot better.