Paul : Movie Review


There must be something interesting to say about "Paul," a low-wattage farce about a weed-smoking alien and his dudely adventures on Earth that stars (and was written by) the British comedy team of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, creators of "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun of the Dead." But I'm damned if I know what that would be. "Paul" is unobjectionable enough while you're sitting there; as a friend of mine used to say about attending poetry readings, it's better than some TV. But not that much TV. You get the feeling that Pegg and Frost got together with director Greg Mottola ("Adventureland," "Superbad"), scribbled some half-baked ideas on a napkin -- "S&N as nerds, at ComicCon! Genius! Alien = Just a Guy!!! Capt. Kirk vs. the Gorn! Area 51! Rednecks, crazy Christians, gun nuts, 1-eyed chicks, etc.!" -- and started shooting the movie as soon as the bong hits had worn off. Or possibly sooner than that.

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Author : Andrew O'Hehir