Synopsis
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
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Cast
- Simon PeggGraeme Willy
- Nick FrostClive Gollings
- Seth RogenPaul (voice)
- Jason BatemanSpecial Agent Lorenzo Zoil
- Kristen WiigRuth Buggs
- Bill HaderHaggard
- Blythe DannerTara Walton
- Joe Lo TruglioO'Reilly
- John Carroll LynchMoses Buggs
- Jane LynchPat Stevenson
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
Graeme and Clive, representatives of a nation of nonbelievers in UFOs and big dinner portions, come to the psychic capital of a country that wants to believe, and they're transformed. In Paul, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost do likewise, in celebration of what the Spielbergian cosmos is all about. - 80
Empire
Broader and more accessible than either "Shaun Of The Dead" or "Hot Fuzz," Paul is pure Pegg and Frost - clever, cheeky and very, very funny. You'll never look at E. T. in the same way again. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Affectionate, funny and action-packed sci-fi spoof. - 80
Arizona Republic
A celebration of sci-fi flicks, fanboys and good, old-fashioned bromance, Paul is a thoroughly enjoyable road trip. - 63
Orlando Sentinel
There's only so much humor you can wring from the f-bomb, even if you are a cute animated alien. - 50
Variety
Part bromance, part sci-fi spoof and all a bit disappointing. - 50
Village Voice
This is the smart-ass stoner's "E.T.," the movie the fanboy parent won't be able to hand down like some tattered, squeaky-clean memento to their action-figure-collecting kids. It's just not quite right without Wright, who could have helped Frost and Pegg stuff Mel Brooks back into their Han Solo Underoos. - 50
Chicago Reader
The script is a veritable cosmos of Spielberg in-jokes, but the writer-stars also make room for some vicious and decidedly English digs at red-state shit-kickers and Christian fundamentalists.