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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
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39 out of 100

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

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5.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 110 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 53
  3. Negative: 15 out of 53
  1. EvanB.
    10
    Surprisingly funny!
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  2. Comasi
    5
    I thought this was funny the first time i saw it. The second time it couldn't make me laugh. Most comedies can do that (ex- The Hangover, Zombieland, Ghostbusters). Overall it was a decent movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. arbie
    2
    All the big, bad tells for this stinker are in the marketing. Promoted ceaselessly throughout the holidays instead of being released during the holidays. Calling itself "the #1 movie in America" immediately after release but with not even sold junket quotes saying the sort of generic crap that larger budget films can at least sell and use for the opening release weekend. Uncreative TV spots that use the same clips for two full months, despite more than five versions. I feel bad for the lead actor since this prevents him from ever being lead material -- not that he did anything but drag down Hitch -- but bad movies need to bomb for a reason. So that they don't get made as often, or as poorly. The ONE REASON this film exists is because the paper-thin mall cop concept could be sold at the executive level as a quick cash-in on teenagers who identify with teenage stuff and hang out at malls, "and stuff."… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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