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Last modified: Jun. 11, 2011

Paul

Release Date: Friday, March 18, 2011 Theaters

Director: Greg Mottola

Starring: Simon Pegg Nick Frost Seth Rogen Jason Bateman Kristen Wiig

R Adventure 1 hr, 44 m

  • 4.1 / 5
89% 11%

Plot

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Plot
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") reunite for the comedy adventure "Paul" as two sci-fi geeks whose pilgrimage takes them to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever.

For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen) has been hanging out at a top-secret military base. For reasons unknown, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town -- a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy (Pegg) and Clive Collings (Frost).

Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes.
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The film's director Greg Mottola last directed Confess, Fletch and Keeping Up with the Joneses.

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Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Nira Park

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for language including sexual references, and some drug use
Runtime
1 hr, 44 m
Tagline
Who's Up For A Close Encounter?
Also known as
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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Paul was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, March 18, 2011. in around 2,801 theaters There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Limitless, The Lincoln Lawyer and Win Win.

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