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huffingtonpost.com - 4/13/2009
"Observe And Report" Date Rape Scene Sparks Outrage (VIDEO)
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Seth Rogen's new film Observe and Report is under fire over a "date rape" scene in which Rogen's character has sex with an unconscious female after heavy drug and alcohol use. "The movie doesn't mitigate that sex scene at all," writes New York's Dan Kois of the scene, portions of which are ...
Observing Rape
daily.greencine.com - 4/14/2009
Observing Rape
— daily.greencine.com — [Vadim Rizov, in what he originally pitched as "this week in faux-controversy," calmly opens the ol' worm... can just as others approach it with hysteria. Not that it needed to be said, but he clearly does not endorse sexual abuse.... (more) Observing Rape

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jezebel.com - 4/9/2009
Is Date Rape Funny? Seth Rogen Explains It All For You
— jezebel.com — If you're thinking about seeing the light-hearted Seth Rogen comedy Observe & Report , you may want... to watch this R-rated trailer first...or maybe not. You wouldn't know it from watching the commercials playing constantly on TV, but in Observe & ... (more) Is Date Rape Funny? Seth Rogen Explains It All For You

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Observe and Report | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
ew.com - 4/10/2009
Observe and Report | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly
— ew.com — With the outsize box office success of Paul Blart: Mall Cop , you can be excused for... entering Observe and Report expecting sloppy seconds. In this version, a pudgy Seth Rogen wears the tin badge of weaponless courage previously pinned on a pudgy ... (more) Observe and Report | Movie Review | Entertainment Weekly

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Film School Rejects:  Editor’s Blog: New Features! Twilight Fans! Date Rape!

The House Next Door:  Links for the Day (April 13th, 2009)

Film Junk:  Hyperbole, Academia, Date Rape and The Dark Knight: The Internet’s Response to Observe and Report

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Editor’s Blog: New Features! Twilight Fans! Date Rape!
Film School Rejects — ... Speaking of Observe and Report and nonsense - there have been a lot of editorials around the internet discussing the finer points of date rape and its humor value. Major blogs have done roundups, feminist sites have given ...

Links for the Day (April 13th, 2009)
The House Next Door — ... . Andrew Schencker takes a look at the movie that dominated mainstream film discussion over the weekend. Related: Observe and Report Date Rape Scene Sparks Outrage (Huffington Post). ...

Hyperbole, Academia, Date Rape and The Dark Knight: The Internet’s Response to Observe and Report
Film Junk — ... likeable lead character is definitely a part of that formula. Putting Seth Rogen up front may have been a good choice financially, but has posed a critical risk. People will either respond as they have to Rogen’s past brand of comedy, or the despicable nature of his character will be amplified based on the fact that the typically likeable actor is going for something to completely different. A prime example? The ‘date rape’ scene. A quote from Femenisting.com (via The Huffington Post) : “It’s not funny Seth. First of ...

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Movie Review - 'Observe and Report'
getthebigpicture.net 4/10/2009 — Observe and Report Starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, and Ray Liotta Directed by Jody Hill Rated R You know what's funny about Taxi Driver ? Nothing. And yet, in very real ways, that film's dark, obsessed DNA comes up as a match in blood tests of Observe and Report, ...
Movie Review: Observe and Report (2009)
reviews.filmintuition.com 4/10/2009 — View the Trailer Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page Unfortunately,while deadlines sometimes reign supreme-- Observe and Report is the best recent example of why I make a concerted effort not to review a film for at least 24 hours after I see it. And precisely, it's ...
FSR’s Weekly Report Card for 04.10.09
filmschoolrejects.com 4/10/2009 — OBSERVE AND REPORT Studio: Warner Bros. Rated: R for for pervasive language, graphic nudity, drug use, sexual content and violence. Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta and Collette Wolfe Directed by: Jody Hill What it’s about: Seth Rogen plays a bipolar ...
Observe and Report Review, Trailers, Images
filmofilia.com 4/12/2009 — “ Observe and Report ” may be the smartest dumb comedy since “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.” That 2004 comedy classic used its stoner comedy trappings to tell a sharp, incisive tale about modern race relations and ethnic identity. (We’ll ignore the ...
Review: Observe and Report
cinematical.com 4/12/2009 — By Scott Weinberg (original publication date: 3/17/09 -- SXSW Film Festival) I know it may seem sort of strange to get two "mall cop" comedies within two months of each other, but really: Aside from only the most tangential of plot ...
Observe and Report: 10 Things I Hated, 5 I Didn’t
filmschoolrejects.com 4/12/2009 — Some of you may not remember, but the 10 & 5 column was born out of hatred. Hatred of Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . And every now and then, another film pops up that I just can’t get into. This time, it’s Jody Hill’s Observe and Report . ...
Observe & Report 's Seth Rogen and Anna Faris
comingsoon.net 4/13/2009 — Seth Rogen has dominated the big-screen for the last couple of years as the laughable stoned slacker whose smartass comments made us love him, but in Warner Bros.' dark comedy Observe and Report , Rogen takes great delight in playing an unstable mall ...
Capone and Anna Faris chat about skanks, drunks, vomit, Linda Lovelace, and OBSERVE AND REPORT!!!
aintitcool.com 4/6/2009 — Hey folks. Capone in Chicago here, continuing my coverage of SXSW Film Festival with my interview with one of the stars of possibly my favorite film of the fest, writer-director Jody Hill's troubling and wildly entertaining OBSERVE AND REPORT. In ...
Observe and Report
reverseshot.com 4/15/2009 — Hill’s approach, to implicate the audience in its laughter, isn’t far from that of Eli Roth, whose Hostel Part 2 similarly satisfied its viewers’ bloodlust and then chastised them for watching. It’s obvious enough to state that Observe and Report ...
Observe and Report Review, Trailers, Images
feedproxy.google.com 4/12/2009 — “ Observe and Report ” may be the smartest dumb comedy since “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.” That 2004 comedy classic used its stoner comedy trappings to tell a sharp, incisive tale about modern race relations and ethnic identity. (We’ll ignore the ...
Truth, Consequences and Full-Frontal Nudity
filmfreakcentral.blogspot.com 4/16/2009 — So, uh, if you haven't heard yet, I really liked Observe and Report. While I patiently await the opportunity to see it again, thinking about it now I'm particularly struck by how everything about this movie seems to make more sense in retrospect. I ...
Delusions of... — Mostly Movies
What if Anna Faris's "Why are you stopping..." line in Observe and Report was another character's delusion ? (Greencine) Now, why didn't it occur to me this would strike most people as date rape? Mainly because Brandi isn't a real person. Observe and Report is incoherent in a lot of ways—it's ...
Yes, There's Rape in "Observe and Report"... So? — Movies
Reading people's reactions to Observe and Report , be it reviews or internet comments, it's become clear to me that this movie is extremely polarizing. As perhaps not made as clear by the film's marketing as it could've been, Observe and Report is not your typical Seth Rogen belly-laugh ...
Observe & Report Review — Screen Rant
This week we’re trying something different - regular Screen Rant reader “Walwus” felt so strongly about Observe & Report that he felt compelled to send us his quite extensive thoughts on the film. It was so thoughtful and complete that I decided to post it as a ...
Observe And Report Reviews — Movie Moron
The Observe And Report reviews have arrived. Will it get a mall-ing? This is what Seth Rogen had to say about the similarity to Paul Blart: Mall Cop, “We knew the whole time, actually. And we’re friends with those guys, so…
Sound Off: Observe and Report - What Did You Think? — FirstShowing.net
Now that you've seen it, what did you think? Hitting theaters this weekend is Observe and Report , the follow-up comedy from The Foot Fist Way director Jody Hill . The movie is about as shocking, crazy, and funny, as anything can ever get, but not everyone may have enjoyed it. We've seen a ...
Mr. Beaks Is Repulsed By His Affection For Jody Hill's OBSERVE AND REPORT! — Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Jody Hill's OBSERVE AND REPORT begins boldly, with The Band's take on Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" blaring out over a montage of American mall bustle. Bratty kids, shoplifting teenagers, and, above all, thoughtless consumerism - it's all represented in yawning slo-motion. And it'd ...
10 Most Controversial Sex Scenes — SpoutBlog
Due to the criticism and controversy of an alleged date-rape scene in Observe and Report , we bring you yet another list of sex scenes, this one focused on cinematic moments that stirred protest, censorship, bans and boycotts. Whether groundbreaking for their time or still questionable ...
Observe and Report Wins Mixed Reviews — Thompson On Hollywood
When I first saw the trailer for Observe and Report I knew that this movie wasn't a broad commercial play. Something was wrong with it. When I saw Jody Hill's movie--which is a very dark comedy to say the least--I understood what was disturbing about the trailer. The character at the center ...
'Observe and Report' web reviews — The Screening Log
Seth Rogen returns to the big screen in Jody Hill's latest comedy "Observe and Report," in which he plays a bad-ass mall security guard who has a thing for Anna Faris and tries to bring down a nasty flasher. Michael Pena, Ray Liotta, Jesse Plemons co-star, and here is what the Web's critics ...
'Observe And Report': Officer Down, By Kurt Loder — MTV Movies
Seth Rogen's wasted in this comedy of errors. Michael Pena and Seth Rogen in "Observe and Report" Photo: Warner Bros. If the goal of "Observe and Report" is to show us the dark, transgressive side of Seth Rogen , then the movie is a bust. Rogen can no more creep us out ...
Capone says OBSERVE AND REPORT has no moral center and is the most important comedy in years!!! — Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Hey, everyone. Capone in Chicago here. The absolute best way to see OBSERVE AND REPORT is to stop reading this or any other review of it. I'm not so much concerned about critics giving away too much of the plot or the best lines. No, it's more about letting slip just how messed up this ...
Movie Review: Observe and Report (2009) — RopeofSilicon.com
Seth Rogen as Ronnie Barnhardt in Observe and Report Photo: Warner Bros. Observe and Report is not as easy a film to review as I initially assumed it would be. It exists almost in an effort to defy itself. Sold as a comedy starring comic regular Seth Rogen it has a few laughs, but ...
Seth Rogen and Quint talk OBSERVE & REPORT, GREEN HORNET and... DannyGloversDickBlood?!? — Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. During SXSW Warner Bros brought out many of the OBSERVE & REPORT team to screen the flick, which I flipped for. I’m a big Jody Hill fan, going back to when I was sent screener of THE FOOT FIST WAY maybe a week after it premiered at Sundance. OBSERVE & REPORT feels ...
Quint and Michael Peña chat about OBSERVE & REPORT! — Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a brief chat done with Michael Peña during the OBSERVE & REPORT day back in March. I also had interviews with Seth Rogen and director Jody Hill, which will all be hitting tonight. Peña is known more for his dramatic work in LIONS FOR LAMBS and WTC, but he’s one ...
'Observe and Report' Sparks Date-Rape Debate — Cinematical
So here's the $64,000 question: Are rape jokes funny? Jody Hill 's Observe and Report has just gotten its first dose of bad publicity (not counting the Paul Blart: Mall Cop connection) thanks to a post in the NY Magazine's Vulture blog. They've posed the question : "Does Seth Rogen Rape ...
'Observe & Report' Review: Does Jody Hill Need Anger Management? — :: The Playlist ::
We've already written our pretty definitive thoughts on Jody Hill 's fairly nasty and mostly unpleasant " Observe & Report ,"starring Seth Rogen , Anna Faris and Ray Liotta , that comes out this weekend and then we saw Jeffrey Wells's review which we mostly agreed with, especially the ...
In Other Blogs: Date Rape and the Full Douchiness — The Screengrab
The great date rape debate over Observe and Report rages on. Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule weighs in. “As I have stated here more than often, the subject of rape is one that I don’t take particularly lightly, so I stands to reason that if the scene were something on the order of ...
WTF: And the Cause of Date Rape Is… Seth Rogen? — Film School Rejects
People are calling for apologies because of the dumbest things nowadays. It no longer takes Michael Richards saying the n-word during a comedy club rant. It no longer takes Don Imus calling a basketball team a bunch of “nappy-headed hoes.” It no longer takes Mike Myers to play a love guru ...
Jody Hill Goes For Obscure Music Choices In 'Observe & Report'; Plus The Songs That Didn't Make The Soundtrack — :: The Playlist ::
Just because we didn't really care for Jody Hill 's semi-rancid, " Observe & Report " (more ballsy and brazen than smart, we digress), doesn't mean we didn't appreciate some of the musical choices in the film. Sure, the film suffered from far too many music montages (which acted in lieu of ...
Review: Observe and Report — Screaming Blue Reviews
Seth Rogen brings his screen charm to an uneven trip through the dark side of comedy. In the past we’ve criticized Seth Rogen for repeatedly giving the same performance of the same character with little variation. But in his new film Observe and Report , he finally takes a big risk by ...