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Amazon.co.uk Review
Attention, shoppers: Former King of Queens star Kevin James makes the successful leap to big screen leading man with this Die Hard meets Home Alone slapstick comedy produced by Adam Sandler. In his most empathetic role since his endearing scene-stealing turn in Hitch, James (who also co-wrote the script) stars as biggest loser Paul Blart, a 10-year veteran of the West Orange, New Jersey shopping mall, where he gets no respect from taunting kids who pelt him with ball pit orbs, or a senior who brazenly violates Bart's strictly enforced speed limit in his motorized wheelchair. The film is slow to get rolling as it lays on the pathos as thick as the peanut butter the lonely, overweight and socially awkward Blart spreads on his pies ("Food fills the cracks in he heart", he tells his mother). But then, a band of cycling, skateboarding thieves presumably recruited from the X games take over the mall on so-called Black Friday, the busiest holiday season shopping day. Blart is "untrained, unarmed, and presents a huge target", but, like a plus-size John McClane on a Segway, he is the wild card determined to stop them and rescue his unrequited crush (Jayma Mays) who has been taken hostage. James carries the film on his massive shoulders (the supporting cast is strictly discount outlet, with comedian Adam Ferrara as a sympathetic cop and Bobby Cannavale from Will & Grace and Third Watch as a bullying SWAT team leader the most familiar faces). He proves himself to be an impressively agile physical comedian and he's game for every body slam, pratfall and tumble. Rated PG for mild violence, a few profanities, and a couple of gross-out gags, Paul Blart: Mall Cop is less crude than previous Sandler productions, more The Benchwarmers than Deuce Bigalow. --Donald Liebenson, Amazon.com
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In Columbia Pictures' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I try to get films that the whole family would enjoy including the grown ups. My 3 children (9,10 and 13) begged me to watch this film. The trailer for the film did not inspire me to want to get it, but I caved in and got this from my local video store. While it may not be the greatest film ever, it exceeded my expectations. It was nice to see that the hero of the film was not your average muscular hero and the setting for the film is different to any other film to date. The one negative thing I could say about the film was the plot. If it had a rewrite or 2 it could have been an all time classic. There was nothing in the film that I found unsuitable for my children. All in all it was a perfect family film. My children commented that I laughed a few times as well. I try not to watch the same film twice but if it came on the telly in a few years time I imagine that I would be tempted to watch it again.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I had quite low expectations of this film and about half an hour in I was considering switching it off. Then all of a sudden, BAM! I found myself watching the most hilarious spoof of Die Hard. As someone who has seen Die Hard a whole bunch of times I was able to spot all kinds of subtle in jokes as well as all the obvious ones.
Kevin James has always been a very good comic actor and he's perfectly cast in this. It's fine family entertainment and had me in hysterics for the whole of the last hour. Good light fun.
Kevin James has always been a very good comic actor and he's perfectly cast in this. It's fine family entertainment and had me in hysterics for the whole of the last hour. Good light fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film won't win any Oscars but it certainly scores as an amusing feel-good film that the whole family can laugh out loud with! These films are few and far between. Don't take it too seriously - it certainly doesn't take itself seriously! My teenagers ranging in age from 15-19 and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Published 23 days ago by tristan95
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