PAUL script review

May 13 2009 Published by under Film, Reviews, Scripts

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

GENRE: comedy/action

PLOT:
After attending the San Diego Comic-con, two British nerds travel across America to visit Area 51.  Along the way they encounter an alien named Paul who enlists their help to travel north.

I absolutely LOVE Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.  They were awesome in their first project, Spaced, and they continued that excellence through Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.  Pegg can currently be seen playing Scotty in JJ Abrams reboot of Star Trek.  I first heard about Paul around August 2008 on AICN and have really been waiting for more information on it ever since, which is why it was such a surprise for me to receive it today.  Needless to say, I quickly stopped reading Grand Theft Auto and sunk my teeth into the script.

Put simply, it’s f’ing great.  It’s obviously very funny, there are some great Back to the Future references, fun action scenes, and even a debate about evolution and intelligent design between Paul and Ruth.  There’s literally nothing I dislike about this script.  Nothing.  That may be because I’m easily pleased when it comes to films/scripts, or because of my admiration of Pegg and Frost, and whilst these things may be true, there is simply no denying that Paul is a great, silly, fun, and caring film.  My reviews are never that insightful to begin with, but it’s especially hard when I enjoy something as much as I enjoyed this, it just turns into 300 words of me gushing about how great it is.

Here’s just a taster of the Back to the Future references:

[scrippet]
CLIVE looks at GRAHAM who is staring off, wide eyed.

CLIVE
What’s wrong?

GRAHAM points off into the distance. HEADLIGHTS.

GRAHAM
It’s them. They found us. I don’t know how but they found us.

CLIVE
Who? Who’s found us?

GRAHAM
The Libyans!

CLIVE
Run for it Marty!
[/scrippet]

Pros:

  • Everything

Cons:

  • Nothing

Final Grade: A

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3 responses so far

  • [thiago]

    hello frantic, everybody is saying wonders about this one, i think i’ll check it out myself. i’m also a big fan of simon pegg and nick frost. this film can’t be made soon enough. it’s said they will shoot some scenes at this year’s comic-con and that should come out great.

  • sanjulians

    i saw this movie and it was incredibly disappointing. it's nothing like their previous stuff, just a bunch of half-hearted references and a limp plot.

    • http://hollywoodhubbub.com FranticMonkey

      It was a little disappointing and maybe that's because Edgar Wright wasn't involved with this like he is with most other Pegg and Frost projects. Still, I liked the fact that Wiig, Bateman, Rogen and Hader were in it.