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‘Observe and Report’s’ rowdy Monday premiere
The Paramount was stuffed with giddy fans. The cast and crew were there, sitting among we plebians.
Many people, including the cast, laughed their blanks off for what was finally a hit-and-miss hard-R comedy about an overzealous mall cop (Seth Rogen) and his sundry, raunchy misadventures. Sex, drugs, a full-frontal flasher, crunchy violence — a cocktail both fizzy and flat.
Writer-director Jody Hill introduced the movie by thanking Warner Bros. “for letting us make a weird-ass film.” He described it as “a comedy, I guess,” to which Rogen, sitting in front of us, hoisted a can of Shiner in the air.
The red carpet scene was Hollywood-fat:
Rogen
Co-star Anna Faris
Co-star Michael Pena
Recognize these guys? They’re brothers John and Matt Yuen, who have sizable roles in the movie. They used to work at the Arbor Cinema in Austin.
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