Paul Film Review

So Frost and Pegg have hacked their way through hordes of zombies and had shoot outs with the gun hoe rural odd balls of the English countryside and now they reunite with a new offering geeks befriending a little green man and taking on the FBI but can this film live up to it's predecessors of 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Sean Of The Dead'? Most reviews have been fairly nonplussed and have described it as star studded but void of the hilarity or previous films so my expectations were not high.
However I was pleasantly surprised as it was charmingly funny. The protagonists were all likeable and interacted well and to great comic effect. It was a perfect nerdy film; full of references to sci-fy elite but still funny enough in itself to entertain those less knowledgeable. Or to put it another way sufficiently geeky for  the hardcore sci-fy guys and good enough to entertain their girlfriends; perfect.
The film grew and developed into a laugh out loud feast full of brilliant one liners and even better ridiculous scenarios. It also had a distinctly British feel due to the fact it was written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and within it they weren't afraid of finding and exploiting the humorous side of dominant religions, namely Christianity, which stereotypically isn't as acceptable in American writing but welcomed in British.
The stoner alien, somewhat stereotypically but aptly voiced by Seth Rogen, was also a welcomed addition to the film and beautifully subverted the usual role of an alien in a film into the cool, party mad character who allows the other suppressed geeks to release their inhibitions and get the girl. A tale told all to often but with the original aspects of the film they managed to pull it off.

However predictably  'Paul' was not as good as 'Hot Fuzz' and 'Sean of the Dead' as this time they didn't have the genius of Edgar Wright along with Frost and Pegg's easy going acting  and his imput was sorely missed.
So in conclusion I would recommend all sci-fy super geeks, fans of Frost and Pegg's work and anyone who wants to see a fairly amusing film but to not expect the greatness of their previous films with Wright and so long as expectations aren't too high you shouldn't be disappointed.