Paul

Paul 2011

• Director: Greg Mottola
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen (voice), Jeffrey Tambor, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, John Carroll Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Hader, Joe Lo Truglio, Blythe Danner
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Simon Pegg– Ready Player One, Star Wars the Force Awakens, Absolutely Anything, The World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead, Black Books, 24 Hour Party People
• Nick Frost – Fighting with My Family, Snow White Winter’s War, Doctor Who, The World’s End, Attack the Block, The Boat that Rocked, Hot Fuzz, Kinky Boots, Shaun of the Dead
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Invention of Lying, Pollock, Girl Interrupted, Meet Joe Black, Hill Street Blues
• Jason Bateman – The Invention of Lying, Juno
• Kristen Wiig – The Martian
• John Carrol Lynch – Things We Lost in the Fire, Zodiac, Waking the Dead, A Thousand Acres, Face/Off, Feeling Minnesota, Fargo
• Sigourney Weaver – Be Kind Rewind, Snow Cake, Holes, Galaxy Quest, A Map of the World, Alien 1-4, The Ice Storm, Death and the Maiden, Dave, Working Girl, Ghost Busters
• Blythe Danner – X-Files Fight the Future, M*A*S*H
• Why? Pegg and Frost
• Seen: 21 June 2020      

       Graeme (Pegg) and Clive (Frost) are at the San Diego Comic Con. They are super nerds. They rent an RV to take a tour of famous alien sites in the US Southwest and run into an alien named Paul who needs their help because he’s in a hell of a pickle.

       It’s Pegg and Frost. It’s an alien. I think you can guess. If you can’t, do see Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End. Only this one is gentler, more lightweight. Juvenile, almost. But clever and rather sweet and I’m kind of a nerd myself.

4 * of 5