Paul (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen) in Theatres on June 1, 2011

Paul (2011)

Audience
Rating: 3.8/5
Like the Movie: 75% (n=59,955)

Critics
Rating: 3.2/5
Like the Movie: 71% (n=178)


Reviews

"If it's escapist fun you want, just go with Paul" - Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

"A good-hearted, funny movie." - Linda Holmes, NPR

"While not as consistently funny or sharp as their previous pairings, Paul is a heartfelt tribute to friendship, what lies beyond the stars, and being a nerd." - Matt Neal, The Standard

"It doesn't measure up to Pegg and Frost's best work, but Paul is an amiably entertaining -- albeit uneven -- road trip comedy with an intergalactic twist." - rottentomatoes.com

"Paul is a fun tribute to sci-fi films (and film geekery in general), but did it have to be so ... dumb?" - Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

"The poster is cute, the trailer cuter. "Paul" the movie? Don't ask." - Glenn Lovell, CinemaDope

"Well, that's one joke. Ninety more minutes to go." - Rafer Guzman, Newsday


Movie Info

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 (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 Gollings (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. Paul is directed by Superbad's Greg Mottola, from a story by Pegg & Frost. Joining the comedy's cast are Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, David Koechner and Sigourney Weaver. -- (C) Universal

Rated: R

Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

Genre: Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Greg Mottola

Distributed By: Universal Pictures

Cast
Simon Pegg (Graeme Willy)
Nick Frost (Clive Gollings)
Seth Rogen (Paul)
Jason Bateman (Agent Zoil)
Kristen Wiig (Ruth Buggs)
Bill Hader (Haggard)
Blythe Danner (Tara Walton)
John Carroll Lynch (Moses Buggs)
Sigourney Weaver (The Big Guy)
Joe Lo Truglio (O'Reilly)
David Koechner (Gus)
Steven Spielberg (As Himself)
Jane Lynch (Pat Stevens)

Source: rottentomatoes.com

"The Green Hornet" (Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou) Already in Theatres on January 19, 2011

The Green Hornet

Hazel's
Rating: 2.5/5
Review: "There were some funny scenes but the movie was just okay for me. Cameron Diaz is still gorgeous but looks old already and I think she's too old for the part. Seth Rogen is also the writer of this film. I wish someone else played the Green Hornet. I have a new crush... Kato! =)"

Audience
Average Rating: 3.5/5
Like the Film: 63% (n=47,002)

Critics
Average Rating: 2.6/5
Like the Film: 45% (n=190)


Reviews:

"The movie these guys have come up with is fresh, funny and a bewildering surprise." - Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"The film is a blast." - Peter Debrudge, Variety

"I'm pleased to report that the movie is entirely watchable and often pretty fun, in a mishmashed, patchy kind of way. Put that on your poster, Columbia Pictures!" - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"There are some nifty things in between the lulls..." - Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies

"Even as a mindless diversion, it's weak." - James Berardinelli, ReelViews

"Is Gondry aware that he's making a film about both white male privilege and sexual harassment in the workplace?" - Dana Stevens, Slate

"The film's only unqualified success is the end title sequence -- because it's genuinely stylish, because it looks like it was shot in genuine 3-D and, most of all, because it's the end." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"It's sporadically entertaining, but The Green Hornet never approaches the surreal heights suggested by a Michel Gondry/Seth Rogen collaboration." - rottentomatoes.com

"The first nearly awful film of 2011." - Richard Roeper.com


Movie Info

Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Synopsis
"In the 3D action-comedy The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA's most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene - until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father's more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they'll pose as criminals themselves. Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato's clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they begin hunting down the man who controls LA's gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all."

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content

Running Time: 1 hr. 48 min.

Distributor: Sony Pictures

Directed By: Michel Gondry

Written By: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Fran Striker, George W. Trendle

Cast
Seth Rogen (Britt Reid/The Green Hornet)
Jay Chou (Kato)
Cameron Diaz (Lenore Case)
Tom Wilkinson (James Reid)
Christoph Waltz (Chudnofsky)
David Harbour (Scanlon)