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Paul Blart: Mall Cop has some laughs, but its plot is flimsy and lacking in any sustained comic momentum.
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Unmemorable, unfunny and unoriginal. Nov 18, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Unmemorable, unfunny and unoriginal.
David Jenkins
In places the plot sags a bit and some jokes don't quite hit their mark or tickle the funny bone as much as they're obviously meant to. May 6, 2011 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
In places the plot sags a bit and some jokes don't quite hit their mark or tickle the funny bone as much as they're obviously meant to.
Christine Champ
Shoot me now! Feb 3, 2011 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Shoot me now!
Peter Travers
James makes a funny, likeable doofus, and the expansion of his girth since his hit sitcom The King of Queens is used to great comic effect. Mar 20, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
James makes a funny, likeable doofus, and the expansion of his girth since his hit sitcom The King of Queens is used to great comic effect.
Jim Schembri
This isn't brain surgery; this is daffy entertainment that plays to its strengths, with director Steve Carr trusting in James' deadpan earnesty Jan 20, 2009 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
This isn't brain surgery; this is daffy entertainment that plays to its strengths, with director Steve Carr trusting in James' deadpan earnesty
Amy Nicholson
Once you've seen about the first 20 minutes of the movie, you've got a sense of what all of the jokes were going to be. Jan 20, 2009
Once you've seen about the first 20 minutes of the movie, you've got a sense of what all of the jokes were going to be.
Ben Mankiewicz
But it's not meant to be deep - it's intended as an easy-going laugh-fest and on that front it succeeds thanks exclusively to Kevin James's energetic performance. Nov 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
But it's not meant to be deep - it's intended as an easy-going laugh-fest and on that front it succeeds thanks exclusively to Kevin James's energetic performance.
Nikki Baughan
Save for its dalliance with the everyman action movie, there's no surprises in Paul Blart: Mall Cop, another largely listless comedy from Sandler's Happy Madison production company. Jul 14, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Save for its dalliance with the everyman action movie, there's no surprises in Paul Blart: Mall Cop, another largely listless comedy from Sandler's Happy Madison production company.
Simon Reynolds
James is much better than a lot of his contemporaries at this, eschewing over-the-top clowning for actual humanity. But it all gets thrown out the window in the second half. Maybe he'll do better next time. Apr 25, 2011 | Rating: 5.5/10 | Full Review…
James is much better than a lot of his contemporaries at this, eschewing over-the-top clowning for actual humanity. But it all gets thrown out the window in the second half. Maybe he'll do better next time.
Joshua Starnes
Neither good enough to to really cheer for nor bad enough to really care about trashing it, it exists in that room-temperature middle where nothing feels like it matters. Apr 4, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Neither good enough to to really cheer for nor bad enough to really care about trashing it, it exists in that room-temperature middle where nothing feels like it matters.
Dave White
Doesn't offer anything new but it is an ample addition to the comedy genre, and after a mostly rip-roaring 91 minutes, you'll understand how the film did so well in America. Apr 15, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Doesn't offer anything new but it is an ample addition to the comedy genre, and after a mostly rip-roaring 91 minutes, you'll understand how the film did so well in America.
Sam Bathe
...a hopelessly underwhelming comedy... Jul 31, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
...a hopelessly underwhelming comedy...
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