GurlyIamBeach
Instant Favorite.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
bheadher
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...
huggibear
A little corny, but whatever! I enjoyed it! I'd also watch a sequel of this, as long as it continued to be lighthearted and funny. I watched this on the Sci-Fi channel and they had to bleep out the swearing, but you can figure out so easily just what they said. That was the only issue I had. Otherwise, it's a solid 6.5 stars from me!
studioAT
The second you see Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's names attached to this film you know what you are getting. A film very very similar to 'Hot Fuzz'/'Shaun of the Dead' etc. Only with a more sci-fi twist.And I enjoyed those films, perhaps not overly, but they were passable enough films, buoyed mostly by the warm presence of the two leads.This one is not a part of the 'Corneto Trilogy' and actually that's a good thing, because it's not to be held in the same esteem as those films.It's funny yes, charming enough, but lacking that extra oomph that turns a good film into a great one.
Jon_Snow_21
Paul is sometimes funny but a lot of times the jokes fall flat. The jokes are quite stupid most of the time and you're really disappointed when they fall flat. Fortunately you can get a few laughs sometimes. Unfortunately though the movie is super cliché. It follows the exact movie formula for this kind of movie. For example. The hero gets the girl at the end, Paul has to sacrifice himself but survives, unnecessary love interest etc. Most of the time it's generic but sometimes Paul manages to pull off a nice plot twist, like Jason Bateman is actually a good guy. This is obviously not an action movie but there is 1 or 2 good action scenes and a little bit of suspense. Paul is not really an interesting movie in my opinion. Paul doesn't really need to take itself seriously but unfortunately it does and that's why it's kind of boring. It never really establishes that it's going to be funny. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jason Bateman do a great acting job which is really good for the movie. So finally, while Paul can be quite funny at times, it kind of fails at being funny, it's generic and never really finds it's genre. Luckily when it's funny it's funny, there's good action, good acting, suspense and a good plot twist. If you want to rent Paul remember it's a mixed bag.
