Paul -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/I just watched this yesterday in the cinema.
Before yesterday i didnt even know that this movie existed, and it has Simon Pegg & Nick Frost in them. The heroes of Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz and others.
Although i am German i generally prefer to watch movies in English and i rarely go to the cinema at all, only once or twice a year, so this felt a bit weird to me watching it in German.
Quite a few jokes got lost in translation but in general it was a nice funny movie.
Plot sum up: contains some minor
***SPOILERS***Our 2 heroes come from Britain and visit the US and more precisely comic-con and then make a round trip in an RV to visit famous UFO sites like area 51, rosswell etc.
on their journey the alien "Paul" who just escaped from long government holding finds refuge in their RV and now they are on the run from the government.
So the 2 nerds and the alien have a nice trip, some adventure and a lot of fun.
*** END SPOILERS***The fun is often targeted at nerds, which i appreciated but sometimes it seemed a bit too forced. The effects were good, the alien PAUL itself looked and acted very well, a likable character.
Most of the shenanigans that happen are fun.
In general this is a fun movie, if you like Simon Pegg & Nick Frost and their other movies you should like this too. It is by no means as awesome as shaun of the dead but still very entertaining.
Some great laughs were when the 2 enter a mid western American bar and the live band is playing the star wars cantina band song (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytqeOcsQKGM&feature=related ) for 2 seconds the cinema was all quite and then most people burst out in laughter.
tl:dr
i would give this a
7/10, it is a funny comedy movie with nice jokes although sometimes they seemed a bit to forced and likable characters. Enjoyable Popcorn flick but nothing major or groundbreaking.