Product Description: WHEN A SHOPPING MALL IS OVERTAKEN BY A GANG OF ORGANIZED CROOKS, IT'S UP TO THE A MILD-MANNERED SECURITY GUARD TO SAVE THE DAY.
Amazon.com: 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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great movie!
This is an awesome movie once you watch it a second time to understand it. It was funny and it had no cuss words.
Rating: - i liked it
my hopes for this movie were pretty low,so imagine my surprise when it
shattered my expectations and it turned out to be a very a good
movie.sure,there's a bit of corn and cheese and ham,and what's wrong
with that,in moderation.but there are also some good laughs,some
touching moments and a what i thought was fairly solid story with heart
and depth..Kevin James is pretty easy to like.throw in a possible
romantic love interest and you can't help but root for the ... Read More
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This movie is so cute. I love the way he ends up being her hero in the end. He is funny and cuddly I love this movie.
Rating: - Slapstick
Dumb humor about a morbidly obese mall rent a cop. Actually it was quite funny!
Rating: - We love this movie!!
This movie is one of our favorites. My husband ends up belly laughing every time he watches it. And the kids just love it too.
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