Observe and Report (2009) on Netflix
At Forest Ridge Mall, security head Ronnie Barnhardt makes it his mission to catch a flasher targeting shoppers. Detective Harrison keeps taking over the case, and Ronnie wants to be a cop.
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Plot summary
Ronnie Barnhardt is the head of security at Forest Ridge Mall. He is diagnosed as bipolar and does not believe it affects his life. A flasher exposes himself in the mall parking lot, and a masked robber damages a shoe store. The city police are called in, and Detective Harrison leads the investigation. Ronnie resents the detective's low opinion of him. Ronnie makes catching the flasher his mission and decides to become a police officer. He is in love with Brandi, who works at a department store cosmetics counter and does not return his interest. At home, his mother drinks and makes blunt remarks. Nell, a food court worker, is friendly to him, but he does not see her as anything more than a coworker.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Observe and Report (2009)
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- At the studio's request Jody Hill and his team cut a softened version of the film for test screenings, then threw it away: the toned-down cut scored lower with audiences than the original.
- The comedy handling of a date rape scene drew published criticism from Vulture, The Sydney Morning Herald and The New York Times, turning a studio comedy into an argument about consent rather than jokes.
