Today's film is: Paul
Paul is a buddy, road trip, science fiction, romantic comedy satire. It stars the hilarious comedy duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who have worked together on a number of memorable projects. These two have a genuine chemistry together that really is unlike anything else. Not to mention they are two of the most attractive British women since Queen Victoria.
The film has an all star cast of supporting characters, most memorable to me are Kristen Wiig as a one eyed fundamentalist turned foul-mouthed risk-taker. Is there anything sexier than a woman with perfect comedy timing? Jason Bateman, always the excellent straight man, plays a hard nosed secret service agent and even gets (for possibly the first time in his career) to do some cursing.
This film is full to the brim with cute little shout-outs to the basement dwelling science fiction nerd in all of us. The band playing a blue grass version of the Mos Eisley Cantina song at the biker honky-tonk felt almost like a personal gift to me.
The story was heartwarming, the characters likable, and the pace was just right. The locations were shot very well and really evoked the feeling of a road trip in the American West, as did the soundtrack with a few songs you would only ever listen to on a radio when you got sick of your own music collection after too much driving.
My only complaint, really, was the comedy could get a bit juvenile at times, but the Pegg and Frost charm more than made up for it.
All in all, I will give it four out of five, um, Ewoks. Yeah, Ewoks.
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