How many movies feature a sarcastic, flip-flop wearing, bird-eating grey alien voiced by an obscenity-spewing Seth Rogen? Probably only one. Sadly, the originality ends there and even with such a bizarre protagonist, Paul offers little else as refreshing as the vulgar creature. Even then, one could argue that it's simply Seth Rogen playing himself, only masked by a computer-animated extraterrestrial visage. There are several questionably laugh-out-loud moments and a slew of notable character actors including Jason Bateman, Jane Lynch, and Bill Hader, yet the material they work with is an amusing-at-best array of recycled Star Wars jokes, overworked sci-fi parodies, and predictable movie references.After visiting the pop culture melting pot of the San Diego Comic-Con, England natives Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost) decide to travel across the U.S. and hit all the major UFO hotspots. Their vacation proceeds as planned until they pick up Paul (Seth Rogen), a hitch-hiker who just happens to be an otherworldly visitor, complete with shocking healing powers, invisibility, and oversized head. Agreeing to help Paul outrun the government agent (Jason Bateman) hot on his trail, Graeme and Clive embark on an out-of-this-world journey across the desert where kidnapped RV park employees, shotgun-toting Christians, inept men in black, and vengeful rednecks are the least of their troubles.
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