Paul (2011)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 193
Fresh: 138 | Rotten: 55
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: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 16
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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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
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Cast
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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 -
John Carroll Lynch
Moses Buggs -
Sigourney Weaver
The Big Guy -
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
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All Critics (193) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (55) | DVD (5)
Well, that's one joke. Ninety more minutes to go.
Top CriticThe 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.
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.
Paul is arguably the best science fiction comedy since Galaxy Quest.
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.
A good-hearted, funny movie.
Passable f-bomb riddled fanboy fare, a bit of a comedown from Frost and Pegg's British movies.
Paul is probably the closest thing to Spaced that Pegg and Frost have made since Edgar Wright closed the book on Tim & Daisy.
It's not a bad film by any means, it was just slightly disappointing especially when you take into account the talents of Pegg and Frost.
Surprisingly smart and filled with homage, Paul is crass and a little rough around the edges, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Vale mucho más 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.
... A very funny movie with its heart in the right place.
A refreshingly rollicking, sweetly raunchy comedy about a little green dude just trying to get home.
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]
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.
Paul is slacker than the duo's previous efforts, but the gags still come thick and fast.
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.
It's not the comedy of the year, but it counts as a fun night out at the movies.
The poster is cute, the trailer cuter. "Paul" the movie? Don't ask.
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.
Pegg and Frost have been better, but Paul is still good for a few laughs.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Paul
Super Reviewer
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- Paul: You'll know it when you see it.
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- Paul: Clive likes boning space bears!
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- Graeme Willy: Are you an alien?
- Paul: To you I am, yes.
- Graeme Willy: Are you gonna probe us
- Paul: Why does everyone always assume that, what am I doing? Am a harvesting farts?
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- Paul: Yo fuck nuts, its probing time.
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- Agent Zoil: Three tits, that's awesome!
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- Paul: What's new, fatty?
- Clive Gollings: It's not fat, Paul, it's power. So rude!
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