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Derek Malcolm's rating
Paul Blart needs better lines
By
Derek Malcolm
19 Mar 2009
The fact that Adam Sandler is one of the producers of this comedy should let you know roughly what to expect, and it isn’t subtlety.
But at least the tubby Kevin James, nominated for an Emmy for his work in the hit US comedy series The King of Queens, is a more personable star than Sandler might have been as a lovelorn Jersey mall cop facing a violent heist at his workplace.
James also does most of his own stunts, admittedly assisted by special effects and a team of skateboarders who appear as the criminals intent on robbing the mall.
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The best bits of the film are when it is quietest and Blart gets nagged by his mother (Shirley Knight) and little sister to stop eating the sugar that’s making him ill.
The romance, however, is anodyne, largely because Jayma Mays, a dead ringer for an animated Barbie doll, is inadequate as the young blonde he fancies.
But if you like your movies to be totally undemanding, you won’t care about its obvious shortcomings. It has to be said, though, that James, who wrote the largely witless script, would have commanded it even better with some better lines.
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