I'll tell you why so serious

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

If it wasn't for Seth Rogan. I just found his voice / persona didn't work for Paul and found him rather irritating. Everything and everyone else - brill!! Would still recommend this movie.

Really liked the movie - very quirky - Spielbergy - surprising - US/UK - curse nerd worthy and others dialogue - good cast and very appropriate alien appearances of - actors seemingly had a lot of fun - story, dialogues - Its very humanist even so its alien - I always wondered why people are writing so much in those reviews and now I know, you will have to. A short review will not get published. I somehow need to fill 10 lines even so I wanted to keep it really really short as I was always a bit annoyed by all these very long reviews and simply wanted to have a short cool or not cool plus. I need to keep writing to fill line number 10 - Enjoy :)

Paul is sometimes funny but a lot of times the jokes fall flat. The jokes are quite stupid most of the time and you're really disappointed when they fall flat. Fortunately you can get a few laughs sometimes. Unfortunately though the movie is super cliché. It follows the exact movie formula for this kind of movie. For example. The hero gets the girl at the end, Paul has to sacrifice himself but survives, unnecessary love interest etc. Most of the time it's generic but sometimes Paul manages to pull off a nice plot twist, like Jason Bateman is actually a good guy. This is obviously not an action movie but there is 1 or 2 good action scenes and a little bit of suspense. Paul is not really an interesting movie in my opinion. Paul doesn't really need to take itself seriously but unfortunately it does and that's why it's kind of boring. It never really establishes that it's going to be funny. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jason Bateman do a great acting job which is really good for the movie. So finally, while Paul can be quite funny at times, it kind of fails at being funny, it's generic and never really finds it's genre. Luckily when it's funny it's funny, there's good action, good acting, suspense and a good plot twist. If you want to rent Paul remember it's a mixed bag.

Two British geeks go on a tour of UFO hot spots in the States after visiting Comic Con in San Diego (and getting to meet - *gasp* Adam Shadowchild!) and on the way, stumble upon a snarky, sarcastic and potty-mouth alien named Paul, who takes them on the ride of their lives in his journey to go back home after 60 years."Paul" is hilarious. But it's not the type of comedy that's for everyone - if you enjoy stoner comedy mixed in with geeky awkward nerdy humour, then you will enjoy this. There is a lot of swearing and vulgarity, and it's certainly not an intelligent movie, but as I said - it's fun.There are a few surprising heartwarming moments too, which I won't mention here for spoilers. But along with pure unadulterated silliness, this movie is ultimately about friendship. Bonds that can form regardless of species and regardless of home planet.I thought this would movie would be a dud, but it did not disappoint. Definitely an amusing movie all around.