This is one of the films that forces you to think as the author imagined, a lot of the stereotypes and weak arguments. It feels as if you are forced to listen to a stupid man that talks 2 hours. Yes, there are a few funny scenes, but it's transformed into "swill".It's not about whether you are religious or not, but the movie shows a forced belief of the author and without any arguments, but uses the stereotypes that are not really arguments. You feel like you are in the prison of stupidity. I really do not like movies like that. Also, it's very predictable, you just wait when it will happened, imposing the wrong model (drugs, bisexuality, "strong" language...).I think every film needs to have a lesson (final word) and this garbage have: smoke, be gay - it's fine, there's no God, drugs...Just do not waste time on this.

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.

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.

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).