Rotten
Well, that's one joke. Ninety more minutes to go.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Paul
Who's up for a close encounter?
2011 · 1h 44m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Greg Mottola
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Greg Mottola Director
- Simon Pegg as Graeme Willy
- Nick Frost as Clive Gollings
- Seth Rogen as Paul (voice)
- Jason Bateman as Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil
- Kristen Wiig as Ruth Buggs
- Bill Hader as Haggard
- Sigourney Weaver as Tara
- Blythe Danner as Tara Walton
- Joe Lo Truglio as O'Reilly
- John Carroll Lynch as Moses Buggs
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The 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.
Eric D. Snider, Film.com
Fresh
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.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Paul is arguably the best science fiction comedy since Galaxy Quest.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
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.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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