As I count down the days until State of Play is released, I decided to check out Observe and Report. I'm happy to report that this is an actual comedy, marketed as such and it's actually funny - albeit not as funny as I was hoping. What really held this movie together were the supporting performances. Michael Pena, Collette Wolfe, Celia Weston were odd, sweet and funny, respectively. I think Anna Faris was a definite bright spot in the film too. "Ooh, shots. It burns so good." Sadly, once again I think Seth Rogen was the weaker link. His over serious Ronnie mall cop was often so irritating and unlikable I actually turned away from the screen. I've said it before and I'll say it again, a little bit of Rogen goes a long way. Why he always needs to use five times the dialogue as a normal person is a mystery that I wish we could solve already. Here's hoping to a normal word count in the July release Funny People.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Observe and Report
As I count down the days until State of Play is released, I decided to check out Observe and Report. I'm happy to report that this is an actual comedy, marketed as such and it's actually funny - albeit not as funny as I was hoping. What really held this movie together were the supporting performances. Michael Pena, Collette Wolfe, Celia Weston were odd, sweet and funny, respectively. I think Anna Faris was a definite bright spot in the film too. "Ooh, shots. It burns so good." Sadly, once again I think Seth Rogen was the weaker link. His over serious Ronnie mall cop was often so irritating and unlikable I actually turned away from the screen. I've said it before and I'll say it again, a little bit of Rogen goes a long way. Why he always needs to use five times the dialogue as a normal person is a mystery that I wish we could solve already. Here's hoping to a normal word count in the July release Funny People.
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