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Friday, April 08, 2011

Paul

OK, once again, I went to see this ages ago.
I just can't make time. Especially for reporting bad news: this one didn't really work for me.

It's a movie that I would have loved to love. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
Don't get me wrong: there are a lot of qualities on display. I especially liked the Seth Rogen voiced alien and Jason Bateman as a stiff no nonsense FBI agent.

However, I don't know, I didn't laugh that much... Maybe it's because the movie didn't surprise me that much, which is crucial for laughs.
You see the pitch and you expect something and the movie just gives what you expected. That's fine, but as a consequence, I felt there was something missing.

On the upside you get a few cool references and punchlines, but overall I found too much to like but not enough to love.
I'm thrown back to The Other Guys which had a bit of that problem, but managed to deliver so good franks laughs along the way.

I love Pegg & Frost as a couple ( ;) ), but I didn't quite connect this time.
Maybe next time... !

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