A: A fat, pathetic loser (Kevin James) falls for a girl who's way out of his league, and despite her rejection, puts his life on the line to save her from a robbery in which she is taken hostage. Do girls ever really fall for that old trick?
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Raini Rodriguez, Shirley Knight, Stephen Rannazzisi, Peter Gerety, Bobby Cannavale, Adam Ferrara, Allen Covert, Jamal Mixon, Adhir Kalyan, Erick Avari
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Proceed with Caution. If you're the kind of person who laughs at absolutely anything, this movie is for you. If you have standards of any kind, skip it. And separately, if that giant tub of man hadn't done 9 years on TV as the King of Queens, that girl wouldn't give him the time of day, even if he did save her life. She'd say thank you, and ask if they could be friends... Just in case she happened upon an unattractive lonely woman to set him up with.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: If you find an hour and a half of a guy riding around on a Segway funny, all I can say is... Your mother must be very proud.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: I will say this, it is very depressing.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: Yes, First Mall Cop Movie to Come Out this Year. (Seth Rogen has one coming soon called Observe and Report, which will undoubtedly be compared to this. Without having seen it, I can guarantee that the Seth Rogen one is better.)
Q: How is the Acting?
A: The ninja gymnastics was the best thing the acting had going for it. I don't know who decided that ninja skateboarders, bmx riders, and half-pipe-riding roller skaters would make for a compelling band of robbers, but if you overlook the ridiculousness of it all, you will notice that their stunts are still more interesting than the parts of the acting that involve words.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: In the scene in the Rainforest Cafe, where Blart takes down the grand majority of the bad guys, you have no idea how he got them. Why? Because the director doesn't show us those parts. Why doesn't he? My guess is because they had run out of ideas by that point in the script. After all, it's not so easy to convince an audience that an out of shape Mall Cop could take on 6 athletic ninja villains, who are all coming at him at once, and win.
Q: How is the story/script?
A: While it couldn't be more lowbrow if it had been a straight to DVD movie, it did have a few clever moments in which Paul Blart had to "outsmart" (in quotes) the robbers, in order to take them down. Considering how much money it's made, you probably have a friend who's already seen it, so maybe you can just get the Cliff's Notes from him.
Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?
A: They somehow forgot to mention in the promos that this was a Christmas movie. Maybe because there's no more relevant time to put out a Christmas movie than 2 weeks after Christmas is over. God I hate January movies.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/paul-blart-mall-cop/31338/trailers
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5 comments:
Good review, movie didn't look that funny from the previews. A few of my friends said it was pretty good though so I don't know. I'm not sure Kevin James is ready for a solo role, but I don't know. Ill have to catch it when it hits DVD.
Being tongue-in-cheek doesn't save it, eh? It appears to be a Die Hard style riff the whole way through. Isn't it supposed to be totally ridiculous? :)
It is supposed to be ridiculous. But I prefer when a movie is ridiculous AND funny. The jokes are bottom of the barrel. And not in a good "Zoolander" way.
It is a Die Hard parody, though, so if that's enough to peak your interest, go ahead, check it out.
I love you for using Zoolander as an example of good. :)
I aim to please!
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