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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 16 Jan 2009

Adept at physical comedy, Kevin James -- who co-wrote the 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' script -- emerges the king of his retail domain…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 16 Jan 2009

Paul Blart: Mall Cop is like the many variations on tuna surprise that show up at potlucks: generic but with a little something added to differentiate…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Adam Markovitz (84) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 15 Jan 2009

Has a few surprises in store. The biggest is James, an unexpectedly nimble master of the face-plant, the failed jump, and the lopsided tumble…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 15 Jan 2009

Boring and predictable in both its narrative and its aesthetics, Paul Blart: Mall Cop is dumbed-down, low-rent slapstick with stereotypes galore…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 15 Jan 2009

It's Die Hard meets Home Alone on a segway! Except, Kevin James is not as cute as Macaulay Culkin and not as tough as Bruce Willis…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 15 Jan 2009

James, who co-wrote, endows the title character with such piercing sweetness that even his geeky pretensions are endearing…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 15 Jan 2009

This dim-bulb, family-oriented slapstick film benefits greatly from James' knack for physical comedy, but it's ultimately too bland and uninspired…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 15 Jan 2009

after a dismal first half hour, it changes from a piteous low intellect attempt at humor to a light-hearted takeoff on Bruce Willis and…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Bill Gibron (1,013) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 15 Jan 2009

Unfathomably unfunny... centered around mean-spirited fat jokes…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Sue Pierman (154) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 15 Jan 2009

Co-produced by Adam Sandler, Mall Cop has an innate sweetness that's reminiscent of Sandler's 1998 romantic comedy The Wedding Singer, although…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Matt Stevens (135) for E! Online (838) on 15 Jan 2009

Not a bad premise, but most of the comedy just dies. Hard…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Jen Chaney (126) for Washington Post (9,851) on 15 Jan 2009

[Has] such obviously humble intentions that busting on it is a bit like harassing the junior high school outcast who just wants to eat his…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 15 Jan 2009

Unlike James himself, the movie is a few bricks shy of a load, which explains why a movie obviously ticketed for a holiday release has backed…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 15 Jan 2009

Mostly this film spins its wheels not unlike the way that Paul spins the wheels of his mall-issued Segway%u2122…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 15 Jan 2009

[James'] remarkably winning performance turns Blart into the ultimate underdog--a decent guy who's finally having the kind of day he deserves…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Jan 2009

Give this to Paul Blart: Mall Cop: It delivers on everything it promises. Which is to say, nearly nothing…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Jolene Mendez (257) for Entertainment Spectrum (633) on 14 Jan 2009

If you are a Kevin James fan you probably will want to see him rolling around, otherwise you can pass on this one to save a few bucks…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 14 Jan 2009

[James] plays yet another misfit, but one who's so two-dimensional, needy (and frankly annoying) that it's difficult to root for him…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 14 Jan 2009

TV's King of Queens working stiff James relocates to Jersey in an even larger than life silly but good natured big screen laughathon, as the…

Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Jan 2009

The shot of Blart quietly crawling into a hostage situation inside the mall's bank and walking through a roped line is a moment of absurd grace,…

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