"Sometimes, you just gotta roll the dice."
Paul is a very amiable caper. Pegg and Frost continue their effortless screen relationship, once again cast ideally as the 'nerds' who go from Comic-Con on a road trip to key UFO sites across the USA, encountering alien-escapee Paul along the way. Voiced by Seth Rogen, Paul is a hugely enjoyable character, and his world-weary, rude slacker personality is a refreshing twist on the standard take on aliens (either intelligent or flesh-hungry monsters) that constantly surprises, even though the CG realisation is not of the highest quality. Kristen Wiig gives a lovely performance as the one-eyed God-fearing woman that the trio 'kidnap' along the way, Jason Bateman does a good Tommy Lee Jones as Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil (a wonderful movie pun), and great cameos from Blythe Danner and Sigourney Weaver add to the film significantly in the film's later stages. There is no denying that Paul would have benefited from sharper script editing, and the obvious classic sci-fi film references are mainstream and simplistic, but for all its funny crudity, Paul is an enjoyable, warm-hearted and entertaining journey with a surprisingly affecting ending.
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