"Observe and Report "- Observed and Reported

If Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Me, Myself and Irene had a love child they would have called it Observe and Report.

Observe and Report is one of the strangest combinations of humor I have seen in quite some time. It almost seems that the filmmakers were unsure what type of movie they wanted to make and combined slapstick humor with a meanness that made me unsure of what I was watching.
The story revolves around Seth Rogen's character Ronnie Barnhardt. Ronnie is a mall security guard, or "head of mall security" as he makes sure everyone realizes. He is infatuated with a hot girl, Brandi, in the cosmetics department. She of course will have nothing to do with him because he is a complete loser.

But luck strikes for Ronnie, when a flasher appears on the mall scene. The flasher exposes himself to the Brandi and she is completely terrified and convinced that the flasher is going to come back and kill her, thanks to the consistent suggestions of Ronnie. Now Ronnie has a mission, to save the woman he loves and bring the flasher to justice. Unfortunately, the detective assigned to the case, Ray Liotta, is stealing Ronnie's thunder and Ronnie comes to realize that the only way he can truly impress Brandi is by becoming a cop himself.

Now don't get me wrong there are some truly funny scenes in Observe and Report, but there is a whole section of the movie when the story begins to revolve around Ronnie's psychosis and his need to take medication to keep it under control. There was a meanness that the movie makers used to portray this part of the story and it felt very disjointed from the other parts of the movie. It wasn't funny at all and removed the light heartedness from the movie. I am sure that is what the filmmakers wished to do, but then they certainly are excluding me from their future audience as I will be hesitant to see another one of the director, Jody Hill's movies.

Skip this one, it isn't worth the rental either.