Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Paul
2011
****
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, Joe Lo Truglio, John Carroll Lynch, Jane Lynch

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost follow up Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz with another clever spoof. They play two science fiction geeks and best friends who take a road a trip in a rented RV. The men plan to visit the famous UFO sites in the Western United States, but end up harbouring Paul, a sarcastic, foul-mouthed and pot-smoking alien. This sweet-natured comedy mixes Frost and Pegg's fanboy humour with Seth Rogen's trademark filth. The film pokes great fun at the science vs. religion debate and it pays warm homage to scifi classics like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T., with a particularly hilarious voice cameo by Steven Spielberg.