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Post by dvdjunkie on Mar 25, 2011 8:53:53 GMT -6
Featuring the star of "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" and produced by the same people who brought us "Superbad", Simon Pegg and Nick Frost hit the screen with the funniest movie of the year, so far. Paul, is an Alien who has escaped from the Area 51 complex and joins our two British comic book enthusiasts on a trip across the country. Voiced by Seth Rogen, Paul is your typical, 'little green man', who discovered he was a prisoner and that the scientists in Area 51 were going to kill him and examine his brain. The comedic situations he puts our comic duo in are relentlessly funny and sometimes very crude. The laughs come a mile-a-minute and I think I may go back to see this film just for that, plus I lost count of all the cameo stars that are in this movie, with the biggest name being Sigourney Weaver, as "The Big Guy". This movie has a lot of heart, and has very good story with a non-cop-out ending. It gives tribute to "E.T.", with Steven Spielberg among those cameo performers. The language gets a little rough in places, but without it, the film might have faltered. On the Junkie Movie Meter I will give this a strong 3.5 Stars out of Four. Highly recommended for those want a real laugh.
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Post by Midge on Mar 25, 2011 11:01:55 GMT -6
Bill, when you started describing the film, after about the second sentence of your review, I immediately thought "This is a comedy version of E.T. but for adults." ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) What a great concept! I don't know if it's my kind of movie, but I'm glad you enjoyed Paul.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Mar 25, 2011 19:18:05 GMT -6
Among the funnier sequences in the film Paul is a flashback when he is on the phone giving Steven Spielberg advice on how make E.T. look and what kind of expressions he should have. One of the funnier bits. I wish I could list all the cameo roles that are here, but if you see this movie, you will be surprised who is actually in this film along with the stars.
Jane Lynch (Glee) has a small but integral role, Jason Bateman greets a young lady in the bar played by Justine Bateman, and the list goes on and on.
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