Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
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33% of critics liked it
(113 reviews) -
50% of users liked it
(358,834 ratings)
A New Jersey rent-a-cop gets his moment to shine as the holidays approach and Santa's little helpers stage a coup at the local shopping mall in this comedy starring King of Queens' Kevin James. Paul Blart (James) is a single suburban dad attempting to make ends meet by working as a mall… More A New Jersey rent-a-cop gets his moment to shine as the holidays approach and Santa's little helpers stage a coup at the local shopping mall in this comedy starring King of Queens' Kevin James. Paul Blart (James) is a single suburban dad attempting to make ends meet by working as a mall security guard. Paul takes his job very seriously; unfortunately the same can't be said for the shoppers he deals with on a daily basis. That all changes the day that Santa's little helpers shut down the mall and start taking hostages, including Paul's daughter and his main squeeze. Realizing that no one knows the mall better than the man who's paid to guard it, Paul mounts his Segway and speeds to the rescue. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Steve Carr
- Written By
- Kevin James, Nick Bakay
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 16, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Hank Sartin, Time Out New York
The Black Friday setting suggests that this was meant to be a holiday release, but it's not hard to see why the studio dumped this suckfest in January.
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Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Once you've seen about the first 20 minutes of the movie, you've got a sense of what all of the jokes were going to be.
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Ben Lyons, At the Movies
James gives it everything he's got, totally committing to the character and delivering clean comedy which often times is often more difficult than creating just a raunch-fest.
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Claudia Puig, USA Today
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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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
It's surprisingly okay, in a January kind of way.
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Cast
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Kevin James
as Paul Blart
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Keir O'Donnell
as Veck Simms
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Jayma Mays
as Amy
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Raini Rodriguez
as Maya Blart
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Shirley Knight
as Mom
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Stephen Rannazzisi
as Stuart
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Peter Gerety
as Chief Brooks
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Bobby Cannavale
as Commander Kent
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Adam Ferrara
as Sergeant Howard
- Billy Concha
- Dahlia Salem
- Dylan Clark Marshall
- Erick Avari
- Kal Thompson








