You take two guys from England, have them write a “love letter” to the science fiction movies of Steven Spielberg, and the result is “Paul”, one of the funniest and imaginative movies I’ve seen in quite a while.
This movie, written by Simon Pegg (who you may remember as “Scotty” from the last Star Trek movie) and Nick Frost, deals with two English science fiction writers (actually one writes and the other illustrates) who come to America on a road trip that takes them from the San Diego ComicCon to Devil’s Tower, Wyoming (the famous icon which Richard Dreyfuss recreates in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” with mashed potatoes) with an alien named Paul, who is on the run from the Men in Black.
Paul has crash landed on Earth in the 1950’s, and is being held captive by the government, and has been using Paul for everything from curing disease to helping Steven Spielberg dream up the idea for “Indiana Jones” (and yes, Spielberg does play a cameo in the movie!). Sledge is even going to like the “Blues Brothers” homage that appears in the movie, using the famous line “I’m on a mission from God!” (“Tell Him you failed!” says the Man in Black, played by Jason Bateman.)
Seth (Green Hornet) Rogen does the voice for Paul, and he does a wonderful job with the role. Other featured cast members include Sigourney Weaver and Jeffrey Tambor.
For those of you who grew up loving the early movies of Steven Spielberg, you’ll love this movie.
It’s not getting a lot of publicity, and I would have missed it if Sledge hadn’t clued me in.
It’s not getting a lot of publicity, and I would have missed it if Sledge hadn’t clued me in.
Fun starts on March 18th, until then, here’s the “redband” trailer. Please show your ID that you’re over 17, in order to watch it:
Due to drug references and crude humor and language, this 104 minute movie is, of course, rated R.
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