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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
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Metascore
39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 24 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 115 Ratings

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  • Starring: Keir O'Donnell, Kevin James
  • Summary: Paul Blart is a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 24
  3. Negative: 7 out of 24
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    It's as slam-bang preposterous as any R-rated comedy you can name. It's just that Paul Blart and the film's other characters don't feel the need to use the f-word as the building block of every sentence.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Simon Braund
    60
    Hardly promising but, thanks to James' winningly gung-ho underdog and the fat-man grace he brings to a pratfall, unexpectedly watchable.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    The last name Blart may be the funniest thing in the movie, so that's a hint as to just how bad this shopping-center saga can be.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 54
  3. Negative: 16 out of 54
  1. EvanB.
    10
    Surprisingly funny!
    • 3 of 4 users said yes
  2. NikeshP.
    5
    The first half of the film is so boring and uninteresting that it is not worth watching to get to the decent second half.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Tatsuhiko
    1
    Painfully unfunny, riddled with cliches, and the implausibly of the whole movie was a complete joke. "Oh hi Mr. Young New Guy With A Mean Demeanor Who Is Obviously The Bad Guy." Is there anything Hollywood won't do to retell the same plot line in a different setting and with different characters? I like Kevin James, but the roles he gets are just awful and don't do him any kind of favors.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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