Paul
United States, United Kingdom, Spain, France
2011
102 Min
Color
2.40:1
English
Synopsis
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) reunite for the comedy adventure Paul as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America’s UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever.
For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town—a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost).
Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes. – Working Title Films
Director
Greg Mottola
Gregory J. “Greg” Mottola (born July 11, 1964) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and television director. Mottola wrote and directed the 1996 independent film The Daytrippers, then concentrated for several years on directing in television for series such as Undeclared and Arrested Development. More recently, he has directed the feature films Superbad, Adventureland, and Paul.
Mottola grew up in Dix Hills, New York, in a Catholic family of Irish-Italian descent. He received his BFA in art from Carnegie Mellon University and MFA in film from Columbia University.
Mottola directed Adventureland, set in the 1980s, a “first love” story about a group of college-age kids working at an amusement park. The protagonist’s plans go awry when circumstances cause him to miss out on a backpacking trip to Europe with his friends. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and received critical praise.
His most recently released film, Paul, is about two comic book nerds… read more
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Ciprian David
25Mar13
Can't recall why I liked the film so much more the first time I saw it. Probably because it was in a cinema, since the whole flair I saw in it got lost on the way to the DVD.
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SXSW 2011: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Greg Mottola Talk PAUL
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
In an ordinary parking lot on a cloudy day in downtown Austin, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Greg Mottola sat in folding chairs and talked to the press about their “geeks meets alien” comedy Paul, which
Weinberg Reviews PAUL
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is one of the most pedestrian — but most helpful — of all the great proverbs, and its lesson holds doubly true when it comes to movie advertising. If you judged the silly……
PAUL Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
“Paul”, the latest from the team of writer/actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is a hilarious geek-gasm of a movie, and nothing more. It is the third film for the Pegg/Frost creative pairing (“Shaun of the
SXSW 2011: PAUL Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Our thanks to Shelagh Rowan-Legg for the following.]The saying goes, the whole is more than the sum of its parts. This could be applied to the masterful cinematic combination of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg
US Trailer For Pegg And Frost's Alien Road Movie PAUL Arrives
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
I can’t shake the feeling that there’s a marketing problem surrounding Greg Mottola’s Paul. The concept is funny. I like literally everybody involved in it. It’s definitely targeting people exactly like
Pegg. Frost. Alien. Full PAUL Trailer Arrives.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
While I have a creeping feeling that Greg Mottola’s Paul may meet a similar fate as Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Versus The World – which is to say beloved by a vocal but ultimately fairly small group
First Sighting of PAUL in Teaser Form
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
The Simon Pegg and Nick Frost scripted and starring alien/buddy (or is that alien buddy?) comedy Paul now has a teaser, and while it ain’t the prettiest, slickest bit of teasing, it doesn’t look half bad
SXSW 2011: PAUL Gets The Mondo Tees Limited Edition Poster Treatment
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
You see that there? That’s the limited edition poster for Greg Motolla’s sci fi comedy Paul, with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and the voice of Seth Rogen jammed into a wee little CGI alien. Created to celebrate
Greg Mottola's PAUL Gets A Red Band Trailer
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Paul is coming. And he swears a lot.Greg Mottola’s scifi comedy road movie Paul has released a new red-band trailer and while I still fear that this film will have the same fate as Scott Pilgrim – meaning
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Better than expected, not as good as it could have been
By Michael Harbour on January 17, 2012
Much better than I expected based on the trailers.
At times very funny and clever. At other times confusing vulgar with funny.
At times making clever references to the oeuvre of Spielberg… read review
What you see (on the poster) is what you get
By Henrik Schunk on January 13, 2012
Take Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, team them up with an alien (played by non-funny Seth Rogen but what can you do) and you get a geek o rama – nerdfest, tongue in cheek and very funny. Yes, the self-irony… read review
The geek in you (and me)
By Rafael Paz on September 9, 2011
La anécdota es sencilla: un par de amantes de los comics viajan al mayor encuentro de geeks en el planeta ComicCon –no, no es La Mole–, para después realizar un viaje por todos los sitios “famosos”… read review
[Last Film I Saw] Paul
By lasttimeisaw on August 11, 2011
Title: Paul
Year: 2011
Language: English
Country: USA, UK
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Director: Greg Mottola
Writers:
Nick Frost
Simon Pegg
Cast:
Simon Pegg
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