"I just love this guy," James says of Paul Blart in the movie's production notes. For the sake of humanity I hope and pray that barely anyone else shares his affection.
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01/16/09
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
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Reviews Counted:105
Fresh:36
Rotten:69
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Paul Blart: Mall Cop has some laughs, but its plot is flimsy and lacking in any sustained comic momentum.
Theatrical Release:20-03-2009
Synopsis: : Coming off the finale of television's popular sitcom THE KING OF QUEENS and 2007's I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY, funnyman Kevin James takes the role of a single dad in this largely... [More]
Starring: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Steve Carr
Reviews for Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kevin James' slapstick comedy will amuse older tweens.
01/16/09
Forget the rocky character development. Give me a fat guy falling down, and I'll start to laugh.
01/16/09
The road from TV star to movie leading man is loaded with ill-conceived films.
01/16/09
The last name Blart may be the funniest thing in the movie, so that's a hint as to just how bad this shopping-center saga can be.
01/16/09
It's surprisingly okay, in a January kind of way.
01/16/09
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is like the many variations on tuna surprise that show up at potlucks: generic but with a little something added to differentiate it.
01/16/09
As cheapo larks go, it's a winningly unassuming one: no stars, no big action set pieces. Just a fat guy, a near-empty mall, and a lot of really ridiculous ideas.
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It's just not particularly funny. That Segway, alas, only goes so far.
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An inoffensive way to spend 90 minutes, unless of course you're on the husky end of the spectrum, in which case they're all going to laugh at you.
01/16/09
Paul Blart tepidly goes through its motions, but that doesn't mean you have to.
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I suppose the food equivalent would be that nacho cheese that comes in a can with little chunks of jalapeño mixed in.
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Directed by Steve Carr, a man who knows how to put a camera in front of things, if little else, and written, sort of, by Nick Bakay and Mr. James.
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Top CriticIt's a juvenile motion picture designed primarily for a juvenile audience. But there's a little more here than one might reasonably expect.
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Laughs occasionally ensue.
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Avoid this mall cop and just go shopping instead.
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Perfectly inoffensive and almost entirely unfunny.
01/16/09
[The film] oo often settles for easy, lazy jokes, most of which revolve around either food or running into stuff.
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Top CriticPaul Blart: Mall Cop is so inconsequential you forget about it even before the movie is over.
01/16/09
Some people really love goofy comedy, and for those people there's Paul Blart: Mall Cop. You can bring the kids.
01/16/09
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