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Paul (2011)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 135 | Rotten: 54

It doesn't measure up to Pegg and Frost's best work, but Paul is an amiably entertaining -- albeit uneven -- road trip comedy with an intergalactic twist.

Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 15

It doesn't measure up to Pegg and Frost's best work, but Paul is an amiably entertaining -- albeit uneven -- road trip comedy with an intergalactic twist.

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Movie Info

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Greg Mottola

In Theaters: Mar 18, 2011 Wide

On DVD: Aug 9, 2011

Box Office:$37.4M

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Simon Pegg
Graeme Willy
Nick Frost
Clive Gollings
Seth Rogen
Paul
Jason Bateman
Agent Zoil
Kristen Wiig
Ruth, Ruth Buggs
Bill Hader
Haggard
Blythe Danner
Tara, Tara Walton
Sigourney Weaver
The Big Guy
John Carroll Lynch
Moses Buggs
Joe Lo Truglio
O'Reilly
Jeffrey Tambor
Adam Shadowchild
Jane Lynch
Pat Stevens
David Koechner
Gus
Steven Spielberg
Himself
Nelson Ascencio
Jorge
Brett Michael Jones
Keith Nash
Jennifer Granger
Adam Shadowchild Fan
Jeremy Owen
Sword Vendor
Joe Berryman
Gas Station Attendant
J. Todd Anderson
Comic Store Clerk
Mark Sivertsen
State Trooper
Michael Miller
Police Officer
David House
Security Guard
Diego Deane
Fireworks Store Clerk
Lori Dillen
Robbed Woman
Syd Masters
Band Member #1
Gary Roller
Band Member #2
Oliver O'Shea
Band Member #3
Lonnie Otha-Mayer
Band Member #4
Will Veitch
Band Member #5

Critic Reviews for Paul

All Critics (189) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (137) | Rotten (54) | DVD (5)

Well, that's one joke. Ninety more minutes to go.

March 25, 2011 Full Review Source: Newsday

| Comments (15)

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

The film has some laughs. But it also has a million jokes about anal probes, alien genitalia, and people thinking Clive and Graeme are gay. These guys can do better than this.

March 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Film.com

| Comments (6)

Eric D. Snider

Film.com

Top Critic

The CGI alien is very well articulated, and Rogen is a virtuoso at mixing motormouthed rudeness with a hint of tenderness to take off the edge.

March 21, 2011 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

| Comments (5)

David Edelstein

New York Magazine

Top Critic

Paul is arguably the best science fiction comedy since Galaxy Quest.

March 19, 2011 Full Review Source: ReelViews

| Comments (7)

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

This is not quite enough of a conceit to sustain a full-length movie -- Paul would have made a terrific short film -- but there are incidental pleasures all along the way.

March 18, 2011 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

A good-hearted, funny movie.

March 18, 2011 Full Review Source: NPR

| Comments (2)

Linda Holmes

NPR

Top Critic

Surprisingly smart and filled with homage, Paul is crass and a little rough around the edges, but thoroughly enjoyable.

January 29, 2012 Full Review Source: IGN DVD

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R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Vale mucho m�s la pena ver (o volver a ver) alguno de los antecedentes de la dupla Simon Pegg y Nick Frost, como Shaun of the dead, Hot fuzz o la serie Spaced.

December 21, 2011 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total

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Enrique Buchichio

Uruguay Total

... A very funny movie with its heart in the right place.

November 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

A refreshingly rollicking, sweetly raunchy comedy about a little green dude just trying to get home.

September 9, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

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Neil Pond

American Profile

The comic targets and the central manchildren bromance all feel overly familiar...Still, Paul benefits from Pegg and Frost's British comedic slant and the full complement of comedic talent... [Blu-ray]

August 8, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

In the care of screenwriters/stars Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the picture casts an amusing intergalactic spell, borrowing a Spielbergian concept and filling it with all sorts of enjoyable absurdity and R-rated mischief.

August 1, 2011 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Paul is slacker than the duo's previous efforts, but the gags still come thick and fast.

June 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Talk

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Pegg and Frost shoehorn in so many one-liners taken from other movies they're like embarrassing uncles at a wedding who have bet they can add a sci-fi twist to every conversation.

June 11, 2011 Full Review Source: Future Movies UK

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Mike Barnard

Future Movies UK Source: Future Movies UK

It's not the comedy of the year, but it counts as a fun night out at the movies.

May 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Movies.com

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Grae Drake

Movies.com

The poster is cute, the trailer cuter. "Paul" the movie? Don't ask.

May 4, 2011 Full Review Source: CinemaDope

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Glenn Lovell

CinemaDope

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are two guys who know what they like and whenever they turn their hands to writing a script, you can feel that enthusiasm in every line.

May 1, 2011 Full Review Source: The Mercury

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Tim Martain

The Mercury

Pegg and Frost have been better, but Paul is still good for a few laughs.

April 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Daily Film Fix

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Jonathan W. Hickman

Daily Film Fix Source: Daily Film Fix

With so much reliable talent involved in this film it is extremely disappointing that it is only a mildly amusing comedy with a smattering of reasonably fun science-fiction references.

April 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy

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Thomas Caldwell

Cinema Autopsy

While not as consistently funny or sharp as their previous pairings, Paul is a heartfelt tribute to friendship, what lies beyond the stars, and being a nerd.

April 18, 2011 Full Review Source: The Standard

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Matt Neal

The Standard Source: The Standard

It is not that Paul is in any way a bad movie. It is just a very average one.

April 14, 2011 Full Review Source: Herald Sun (Australia)

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Passably funny, though one suspects even diehard sci-fi buffs will find the film's wall-to-wall pop referencing tiring and a tad lazy. Doesn't anybody write genuine jokes any more?

April 13, 2011 Full Review Source: The Age (Australia)

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

Paul proves that these children of science fiction have bloomed into a rotten bunch indeed.

April 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Paul

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A sensational UFO comedy that may be simplistic in purpose but massively entertaining. Paul is a whirlwind romance between Pegg and Frost and Spielberg, invasive and sweet. Though many people have criticized it for its immature humor and lack of Edgar Wright's writing and panache, I genuinely loved this film. It was

October 18, 2010

Spencer S.

Super Reviewer

"Paul" is a lightweight comedy with a pretty basic premise and similarly basic jokes. Its cliched, even for a comedy, a fact that is made more obvious because the outlandish concept could have taken things in all sorts of more creative directions. As for good things, this movie is full of well-known funny people who do

May 15, 2012

Sam Barnett

Super Reviewer

Paul Quotes

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1. Agent Zoil: Three tits, that's awesome!
– Submitted by Dave M (25 days ago)
1. Paul: What's new, fatty?
2. Clive Gollings: It's not fat, Paul, it's power. So rude!
– Submitted by Dave M (25 days ago)
1. Agent Zoil: Call me Lorenzo.
2. Clive Gollings: Lorenzo Zoil?
– Submitted by Lorenzo V (2 months ago)
1. Clive Gollings: There's a Alien in the back making bagels and coffee!
2. Graeme Willy: Why you want tea?
– Submitted by Caitlin B (4 months ago)
1. Paul: It's pretty strong shit, I got it from the military, actually. This is the stuff that killed Dylan.
2. Graeme Willy: Bob Dylan's not dead.
3. Paul: Isn't he?
– Submitted by Alejandro O (6 months ago)

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