Excellent but underrated film

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Paulie was a movie meant to touch your heart. And it has done just that. Even more so if you own a bird. They are loyal and can greatly impact your life and surely will become your best friend. Paulie's journey is definitely one to remember and the relationship between him and Marie is pure and truly beautiful. Paulie himself is absolutely a great character himself, and his devotion to his girl is heart-warming. This movie will really tug on your emotions, as it has done for me. And it takes a lot for a movie to get to me, but Paulie made my emotions seep out. There were cute and amusing scenes and there were scenes so upsetting you cry. A great movie and I BEG you watch if you have a birdy best friend.

Even if the film gets a little slow in places and there are one or two underwritten characters, Paulie is still a sweet and very charming film. The story does have a number of lovely moments, such as the chemistry between Paulie and young Marie, and the script is touching with some moments of sly wit. Where else would you see a parrot cheering on the winged attackers while watching Hitchcock's The Birds, or even Bruce Davison wanting to steal the secret of Paulie's voice, Gena Rowlands trying to teach the cocky bird some manners and Cheech Marin introducing him to his singing circus? The film is lovely to look at, with beautiful cinematography and scenery, and the animiatronics are absolutely superb. I loved the soundtrack too, and the direction is good. And I was fine with the acting, Tony Shalhoub does what he can in the underwritten role as the Russian janitor, while Cheech Marin and Gena Rowlands are cute in their roles and Bruce Davison is fine too as Dr Reingold. However, two characters make the film. One is young Marie, the speech-impaired but simply adorable little girl who takes care of Paulie. She is played with precious innocence by Hallie Kate Eisenberg. The other is Paulie himself, he is very cocky but he is also very cute and superbly voiced by Jay Mohr. Whenever the two are together, the film does have a lot of heart.Overall, not outstanding by all means but hits a lot more than it misses. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Such a feel good film, it had me tearing up twice within the first hour and again at the finale. I'd never caught this film on first release and managed to record it when it screened on television. Took a while to find the time to view it and I'm glad I did. I started playing it around lunch time and my two kids (5 year old girl and six year old boy) couldn't take their eyes of the screen. A great story with a minimum of characters, this picture really tugs at your heart strings. The lump in my throat when the little girl is struggling with her speech and interacting with Paulie was causing my lunch to get stuck in my throat. On an emotional level, this film is a winner, with each major character focusing on how their needs are met with Paulie. The old lady was the second tear jerker for me! When she accepts her fate and Paulie is there, a winner! Great piece of film at it's best. You will enjoy this one for sure.

This movie seems on the surface to be a run of mill kids movie that parents can regretfully watch with their mostly entertained little kids. The movie seems and is mostly geared towards children yet it does not stop on this level. I watched this movie first as a young child and found it to be funny, entertaining,and heartwarming and did not see it again for several years. I watched it again recently at age 18 and found it to be almost as funny but just as heartwarming and entertaining. This movie is highly underrated and contains many messages of real life. This movie is an inspirational quest story that is made for kids yet epic in its own right. I recommend this movie to anyone of any age.