Metacritic Movie Ratings
Observe and Report Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The superb character actor Celia Weston (In the Bedroom) is truly breathtaking as Ronnie's boozer mom.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  Ronnie is more complex, and much scarier, than the kind of self-deluding boob auds usually encounter in comedies of this sort. With the invaluable aid of Rogen, who's never been better, Hill sustains an impressive degree of tension between seemingly contradictory elements.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Where "Mall Cop" is broad, safe and sticks to a formula, Observe and Report is unabashedly crude, cynical, off-kilter and funnier.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Wall Street Journal

  Bobs and weaves between gross-out comedy and violent psychosexual drama, ultimately sliding into parody.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Barring a Terry Zwigoff return to "Bad Santa" territory, it's hard to imagine a filmmaker embracing this dubious hero to the extent writer-director Jody Hill does.

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• 10

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  If you thought Abu Ghraib was a laugh riot then you might love Observe and Report, a potentially brilliant conceptual comedy that fizzles because its writer and director, Jody Hill, doesn't have the guts to go with his spleen.

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• 10

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  It heaps piles of bad, crazy stuff at our feet then walks away. There is no moral to this story, and there's not much comedy either.

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