"Paul" (2011)

Synopsis:
Two British comic-book geeks name Graeme (Simon Pegg) and Clive (Nick Frost) are traveling across the U.S. and encounter and alien life form dubbed "Paul" (Seth Rogen) outside of Area 51. Together, Graeme, Clive and Paul must go on a perilous road trip to find Paul's spaceship so he can fly back to his home planet. 

Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed this film for the most part.

The story is quite compelling and quite heartfelt. We have these two buddies who come across a friendly alien. I think they pulled off the friendship aspect quite well.

I like the characters. The two best friends, Graeme and Clive, and Paul the alien are quite likeable and entertaining. I liked the chemistry between the two geeks and Paul. Seth Rogen, while providing the voice, makes Paul believable and the CGI on him is quite well done. I also like the love interest Ruth. I think Kristen Wiig did quite a good job portraying the character.

While it isn't exactly laugh-out-loud hilarious, it is quite clever and often funny at times. It has some clever pop cultural references to science fiction classics. One thing that bugged me is that it could have been a lot funnier.

I think the humor aspect needed a little more work, but overall, I enjoyed this film very much and I highly recommend it to fans of science fiction.

Max Scale:
8/10