Best movie of this year hands down!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Yes, it's a parody of scifi movies...yes, this is definitely a spoof of everything we have come to expect from scifi...and it is put together as a snarky comedy...Paul is an irreverent "grey", a savvy guy who just wants to be liked for who he is, not what he is. Sound familiar ? It should, since it is pretty much how all of us feel about life in general...I'm not going to detail the whole movie, but with Sigourney Weaver in it, as Paul's nemesis with evil intentions, and more than a few weird Earthlings thrown in for flavor, the movie ends up as an excellent portrait of just how strange we appear to those aliens, heh heh...

"Paul" has a very promising beginning, with a good laugh count. The fish out of water scenario of an alien needing assistance to get home works initially. However, just passed the midway point, after the religious zealot girl gets involved, things change from clever to redundant, bordering on boring. I mean the cursing angle is way over done, and the film seems to have run out of ideas. The last third of the film is nothing more than a cartoon-like car chase. Overall, "Paul" is enjoyable enough for a watch, but repeat viewings seem unlikely. It's really a shame, because the alien creature is well done, but Paul ultimately wears out his welcome. - MERK

For the most part I enjoyed this movie, but it seemed a bit rushed and shallow. Perhaps, because the writers were too busy making fun of certain stereotypes and being socially political. Perhaps because, being residents of the U.K. they were caricaturing caricatures and trying a little bit too hard to dispel others. Maybe they were just having too much fun on their U.S. road trip.I also found too much of the acting overly hammy. Somebody has to play the straight man, but there's little of that. I could've used a little less toilet humor as well. As they actually say in the movie "You have to pick your spots"All that aside, the basic tenor of the movie is pleasant because, I would guess, that there's a love of the subject matter. Also, it seems that the actors were having fun with the roles and making the movie. I've seen a lot worse, but with a bit more restraint, this movie could've been great.

I happened to have came across this movie last night on Film 4 and I decided to check it out. The film follows two British Sci-Fi nerds who come across an alien named Paul(voiced by Seth Rogen)who is on the run and is looking for his way home(like E.T). So they help Paul out and team up with another co-pilot who happens to be blind(played by Kristen Wigg)and together they try and help Paul out as a FBI agent(played by Jason Bateman) is after him.Overall I found this film funny. The special effects on Paul is very good as it looks so real looking(as Paul is CGI). The acting was great as both Simon Pegg and Nick Frost worked on this film and have starred in numerous films before like Hot Fuzz or Shawn Of The Dead.And the rest of it was funny too. Keep an eye out for Jane Lynch,Tangled's Jeffrey Tambor and The Lucky One's Blythn Danner(as the woman who first seen Paul years ago).