Paul (2011 film)

Best friends Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings are British comic book and sci-fi enthusiasts who travel to the United States to attend the annual San Diego Comic-Con. Clive is trying to write his own sci-fi book, and Graeme is illustrating Clive's book. In addition to going to the convention, they embark on a road trip through the Southwestern U.S. to visit UFO sites on a remote desert highway at night.

After a brush with homophobic rednecks at a diner, they watch a car driving erratically and crashing. Stopping to offer assistance to the driver, he is revealed to be Paul, an alien. Graeme agrees to give him a ride, despite Clive fainting and wetting his pants upon seeing him.

Later, Special Agent Zoil of the Secret Service arrives at the car-crash site, informing his unseen female superior, known as "the Big Guy," that he is closing in on Paul. She sends rookies Haggard and O'Reilly to assist. Clive remains paranoid over Paul's intentions, considering his appearance as evidence of a conspiracy. Paul explains the government fed his image to the public to keep them from panicking if anyone encounters his race.

Graeme, Clive, and Paul later camp at an RV park run by Christian fundamentalists, one-eyed Ruth Buggs and her father Moses. Clive and Paul argue, Clive citing Mac and Me. The next day, when Ruth sees Paul, she faints, so they take her with them. During an argument, Paul convinces Ruth to question her beliefs and cures her blind eye by transferring the condition onto himself and healing it immediately.

Stopping at a bar, Ruth calls her father, but Zoil intercepts the call. She is accosted by the rednecks and a bar fight ensues. They escape when Paul terrifies them into fainting. Later, at another RV park, Ruth is questioned by Agent Zoil, but plays dumb and escapes. Meanwhile, Haggard and O'Reilly have figured out about Paul. They confront Zoil, who orders them to return to base, but they go behind his back and try to catch the alien on their own.

The group soon arrives at the home of Tara, who rescued Paul when he crashed on Earth 60 years ago, accidentally killing her dog (hence Paul's name) in the crash (opening scene). As no one believed her story, she has spent her life as a pariah. Although angry at first, she forgives Paul and prepares to make tea for her visitors. Haggard, O'Reilly and Zoil arrive and surround the house. The group flees but O'Reilly shoots at them, igniting gas from Tara's stove and destroying her house with him inside. Haggard pursues and catches up to the RV but loses control and drives off a cliff. Zoil reassures the Big Guy that he will have Paul within the hour, but the Big Guy, who has grown tired of waiting, orders a "military response".

Paul, Graeme, Clive, Ruth and Tara arrive at Devils Tower National Monument, where they set off fireworks to signal Paul's mothership. A helicopter suddenly arrives with agents and the Big Guy. Zoil appears and initiates a stand-off, unexpectedly shooting the agents, before being wounded. He is revealed to be Paul's friend, attempting to aid his escape under the guise of capturing him. During the fight, Tara knocks out the Big Guy. Moses arrives unexpectedly and fires at Paul, but hits Graeme instead. Paul once again uses his healing powers, reviving Graeme in spite of the danger to himself, causing Moses to believe Paul to be a messiah.

Graeme and Ruth admit their feelings for each other and kiss, but the Big Guy regains consciousness and holds the group at gunpoint. Just as she is about to kill them, she is crushed by the landing transport ship. Paul says goodbye to his friends and offers Tara a chance to go with him, promising to give her a new life after ruining her childhood and accidentally killing her dog. The aliens go home as the remaining humans wave. Two years later, Graeme, Clive and Ruth are at another Comic-Con, where Graeme and Clive are promoting their new bestselling novel titled Paul.

File:Seth Rogen 2013.jpg actor Seth Rogen provided the voice work and motion capture for Paul the alien (pictured in 2013).]]

• Simon Pegg as Graeme Willy
• Nick Frost as Clive Gollings
• Seth Rogen as Paul (voice and motion capture){{cite news| date= 2009-05-26| first= Michael

| last= Fleming| title= Seth Rogen to voice 'Paul' for Pegg| url= https://variety.com/2009/film/news/seth-rogen-to-voice-paul-for-pegg-1118004183/| work= Variety| access-date= 2023-04-07}}

• Jason Bateman as Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil. Describing his character as an "exaggerated nasty guy", Bateman based his portrayal of Zoil on Yaphet Kotto in Midnight Run and Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive.{{cite web | url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/paul-jason-bateman-interview | title=Paul – Jason Bateman interview |website=indielondon.co.uk| access-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323185854/http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/paul-jason-bateman-interview |archive-date=March 23, 2011}} His name is a play-on of the film, Lorenzo's Oil (1992).
• Kristen Wiig as Ruth Buggs
• Bill Hader as Agent Haggard
• Blythe Danner as Tara Walton
• Mia Stallard as Young Tara Walton
• Joe Lo Truglio as Agent O'Reilly
• John Carroll Lynch as Moses Buggs, Ruth's father
• Jane Lynch as Pat Stevens
• David Koechner as Gus, a redneck whom Graeme and Clive first encounter at the Little A'Le'Inn.
• Jesse Plemons as Jake, Gus's friend.
• Sigourney Weaver as "The Big Guy". In an interview with Graham Norton, Weaver stated: "It's a love letter to sci-fi fans. I jumped at the chance to be in it. To find a comedy that also pays homage to sci-fi is a dream come true."{{cite web | url=http://www.metro.co.uk/film/855314-sigourney-weaver-paul-role-is-dream-come-true | title=Sigourney Weaver: Paul role is dream come true | work=Metro UK | date=11 February 2011 | access-date=November 16, 2011}}
• Syd Masters as himself, a singing cowboy on stage
• Jeffrey Tambor as Adam Shadowchild, a famous science fiction writer
• Steven Spielberg as himself (voice)

In an interview for the DVD release of Paul, Pegg and Frost said they made the film to demonstrate their love for Steven Spielberg's films Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as well as their favourite science-fiction films.{{cite web | url=http://digitaljournal.com/article/310549 | title=Simon Pegg and Nick Frost hilariously help 'Paul' phone home | access-date=November 16, 2011 |website=Digital Journal |date=August 19, 2011 |last=Dittman |first=Earl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821160701/http://digitaljournal.com/article/310549 |archive-date=August 21, 2011}} After they mentioned the project to Spielberg, he suggested he might make a cameo appearance, and a scene was added to include him as a voice on a speakerphone in 1980 discussing ideas with Paul for his soon-to-become box office hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/pages/Paul/paul-interview.asp |title=Paul interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809031649/http://entertainment.ie/pages/Paul/paul-interview.asp |website=entertainment.ie |archive-date=2011-08-09 |time=5 minutes in}}{{cite news|last=Sweeney|first=Ken|title=Stars invade for alien film 'Paul' – and reveal love for Spielberg|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/stars-invade-for-alien-film-paul-and-reveal-love-for-spielberg-2535798.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=February 11, 2011}} According to Robert Kirkman, he, along with Invincible co-creator Cory Walker and Invincible artist Ryan Ottley, had a cameo in the film as the Big Guy's henchmen.{{cite tweet|author-link= Robert Kirkman | first=Robert |last=Kirkman |user=RobertKirkman |number=3216236821| title= Flying out tomorrow to New Mexico.. |date= August 9, 2009 | access-date=2010-07-25}}

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The idea for Paul came from Pegg and Frost in 2003, while they were filming Shaun of the Dead.{{cite news |title=Right Man to Handle an Irreverent Alien |date= March 11, 2011 |first=Eric |last= Kohn |newspaper=The New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/movies/greg-mottolas-personal-touch-with-paul.html |access-date=2011-09-17}} To help with the script, Pegg and Frost went on their own road trip across America and used ideas from it to add to the script.Paul featurette {{Cite AV media |url=http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/trailers-paul.html |title=Matt's Movie Reviews Paul trailer |publisher=Matt's Movie Reviews |date=2010-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818095727/http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/trailers-paul.html |archive-date=2011-08-18 }} According to Mottola, the film was given the green light shortly before the onset of the Great Recession; if it had been delayed, "they probably wouldn't have made the movie." The budget for the film was around US$40 million. Principal photography, including 50 days in the New Mexico desert, wrapped on 9 September 2009,{{Cite AV media |first= Lance |last=Bangs |author-link= Lance Bangs |url= http://blog.whatispaul.com/2009/09/09/principal-photography-wraps/ |title= Principal Photography Wraps! |date= September 9, 2009 |publisher= What Is Paul? – The Paul Production Blogs |access-date= 2010-07-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100720023203/http://blog.whatispaul.com/2009/09/09/principal-photography-wraps/ |archive-date= July 20, 2010 |url-status= dead }} {{YouTube |bn0QRDYbJNQ|Paul – Principal Photography Wrap-up Blog}} with additional scenes filmed in July 2010 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, which was designed to look like the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.{{cite web |date = July 15, 2010 |first =George 'El Guapo' |last=Roush |url= http://www.latinoreview.com/news/paul-set-visit-report-the-new-simon-pegg-nick-frost-comedy-10495 |title= Paul Set Visit Report. The New Simon Pegg/Nick Frost Comedy! |website= LatinoReview.com |access-date= 2010-07-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100717011252/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/paul-set-visit-report-the-new-simon-pegg-nick-frost-comedy-10495 |archive-date=July 17, 2010}} During filming, Joe Lo Truglio was a stand-in for the character Paul, the only character who was created by CGI, although Seth Rogen, the voice of Paul, did some motion capture in preproduction during postproduction.{{cite web |url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/paul-joe-lo-truglio-interview |title=Paul – Joe Lo Truglio interview |website=indielondon.co.uk |access-date=November 16, 2011}} The cover art for the fictional comic book Encounter Briefs was drawn by alternative comics artist Daniel Clowes.{{cite web |title=The Cover to Daniel Clowes' Encounter Briefs #23, as Featured in Paul! |url=http://www.hypergeek.ca/2011/04/the-cover-to-daniel-clowes-encounter-briefs-as-featured-in-paul.html|publisher=Hypergeek |access-date=2011-10-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907195504/http://www.hypergeek.ca/2011/04/the-cover-to-daniel-clowes-encounter-briefs-as-featured-in-paul.html |archive-date=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead}}

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A teaser trailer for the film was released on 18 October 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/trailers-paul.html |title=Matt's Movie Reviews Paul trailer |publisher=Matt's Movie Reviews |date=2010-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818095727/http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/trailers-paul.html |archive-date=2011-08-18 }} The film had its world premiere in London on 7 February 2011.

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2011 and was released in North America on 9 August 2011. Three versions of the film were made. The DVD release features an audio commentary with director Greg Mottola, stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Hader, and producer Nira Park; two featurettes; "Simon's Silly Faces"; photo galleries; storyboards and posters; and a blooper reel. The United States Blu-ray release features all the DVD supplements with nine more featurettes and a digital copy.{{cite web | url=http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/paul2.html | title=Paul – DVDActive/News | publisher=DVDActive | date=2011-06-07 | access-date=2011-07-29 | archive-date=21 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232714/http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/paul2.html | url-status=dead }}

Paul grossed $37.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $63.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $98 million.

In North America, Paul opened on March 18, 2011 alongside Limitless and The Lincoln Lawyer. It went on to debut to $13 million, finishing fifth at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2011&wknd=11&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for March 18-20, 2011 - Box Office Mojo|work=boxofficemojo.com}}{{cite journal | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/friday-box-office-limitless-lincoln-169251 | title=Friday Box Office: 'Limitless' Pulls Ahead of Crowded Field | journal=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 18, 2011 }}

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 207 reviews, with an average rating of 6.30/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It doesn't measure up to Pegg and Frost's best work, but Paul is an amiably entertaining — albeit uneven — road trip comedy with an intergalactic twist."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paul |title=Paul (2011)|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 11, 2022}} On Metacritic, the film received a score of 57 based on 37 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/paul|title=Paul (2011) |work=Metacritic}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite magazine |date=2011-03-20 |author=John Young |title=Box office report: 'Limitless' conquers weekend with $19 mil |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/03/20/box-office-report-limitless/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |quote= garnered a "B+" rating from CinemaScore moviegoers. In particular, those under the age of 18 loved it, giving the film an "A" grade. }}

Empire rated the film "excellent" (four stars out of five), stating, "Broader and more accessible than either Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, Paul is pure Pegg and Frost — clever, cheeky, and very, very funny. You'll never look at E.T. in the same way again."{{cite web| first = Chris| last = Hewitt| title = Paul Review| url = https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136467| work = Empire| publisher = Emap| access-date = 20 February 2020| archive-date = 24 September 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134836/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=136467| url-status = dead}} SFX also gives the film four stars out of five, saying, "the film veers dangerously close to alienating (no pun intended) all but its geek core audience, [though] the more obvious concessions to a mainstream crowd [are] never enough to derail the film's laugh-a-minute ride"; SFX also calls it a "triumph of visual effects, convincing characterisation and bad taste humour."{{cite web| title= Paul – film review| first= Jordan| last= Farley| url= http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/02/11/paul-film-review/| work= SFX| date= 11 February 2011| access-date= 13 February 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110215100711/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/02/11/paul-film-review/| archive-date= 15 February 2011| url-status= dead}} Peter Bradshaw gave the film two stars out of five and called it a "goofy, amiable piece of silliness" exhibiting "self-indulgence" and possessing a "distinct shortage of real gags".{{cite news| title= Paul – review | author-link= Peter Bradshaw |first= Peter |last=Bradshaw| url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/10/paul-review | newspaper= The Guardian | date= 10 February 2011 | access-date=13 February 2011}} On the same scale Nigel Andrews gave the film only one star, calling it a "faltering extraterrestrial knockabout".{{cite news| title= Film releases: February 10 | first= Nigel |last= Andrews | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0520675e-3477-11e0-9ebc-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=8557ca84-300e-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html | newspaper= Financial Times | date= 9 February 2011 | access-date=13 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210092314/https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0520675e-3477-11e0-9ebc-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=8557ca84-300e-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html |archive-date=February 10, 2011}} The Independent grades the film two stars out of five, saying, "Pegg is likeable as usual, Frost more doltish than usual, and Kristen Wiig an appealing convert from Bible thumper to ladette", and notes that "from time to time, clever ideas rear their heads – like the idea that 'Paul' has been the brains behind all science-fiction and UFO initiatives for the last 30 years, including Close Encounters and The X-Files – but they soon return to the film's default setting of laddish japes and a conviction that the word 'cocksucker' will always get a laugh."{{cite news| title= Paul (15) | first= John |last=Walsh | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/paul-15-2210790.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110213042713/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/paul-15-2210790.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= 13 February 2011 | newspaper= The Independent | date= 11 February 2011 | access-date=2011-02-13}}

IGN provided Paul with three reviews. The first gave the film three stars, stating, "Simon Pegg and Nick Frost send up everything from Star Wars to E.T. in this sci-fi comedy ... As with Pegg and Frost's previous films together, it's derivative stuff, the plot similar to countless sci-fi flicks of the past; paying homage to the good and gently ribbing the bad."{{cite web |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/03/17/paul-review?page=1 |author= Tilly, Chris |date= March 17, 2011 |title= Paul Review |website= IGN |access-date= August 31, 2013}} Less excited was their review for the British Blu-ray version, which said, "But unlike previous Pegg and Frost collaborations – Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz – Paul does not generously reward repeat viewing. That's not to say it's a bad film at all; it has a strong central premise, which carries much of the film, loveable central characters, the odd neat idea (it turns out that Paul inspired all major works of SF post-1950, from Close Encounters to The X-Files, and has a direct line to Steven Spielberg), and a couple of genuine laughs, but it never feels more than a rough sketch of a bigger, much funnier movie."{{cite web |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/13/paul-blu-ray-review-2 |author= Krupa, Daniel |date= June 13, 2011 |title= Paul Blu-ray Review |website= IGN |access-date= August 31, 2013}} In a second review for the American Blu-ray version, IGN compared the movie with Galaxy Quest and wrote that it is "richly layered with clever homage, a refreshingly original alien hero, delightfully entertaining characters and great performances from our leads and their supporting players."{{cite web |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/11/paul-blu-ray-review |author= Shaffer, R. L. |date= August 11, 2011 |title= Paul Blu-ray Review |website= IGN |access-date= August 31, 2013}}

Upon its release in the United States, Roger Ebert gave Paul a mixed review of two and a half stars out of four, saying it is a "movie that teeters on the edge of being really pretty good and loses its way. I'm not sure quite what goes wrong, but you can see that it might have gone right."{{cite news | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/paul-2011 | first=Roger|last= Ebert | author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Phone home? Dude, I'm into texting | newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times | date = March 16, 2011}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote: "As genial, foolish and demographically engineered as it sounds (hailing all fan boys and girls), Paul is at once a buddy flick and a classic American road movie of self (and other) discovery, interspersed with buckets of expletives and some startling (especially for a big-studio release) pokes at Christian fundamentalism ... The movie has its attractions, notably Mr. Pegg and Mr. Frost (and of course Mr. Bateman), whose ductile, (noncomputer) animated and open faces were made for comedy ... Paul proves the weak link. One problem is that Mr. Rogen, however comically inclined, has become overexposed, and there's just something too familiar and predictable about this voice coming out of that body. Yet while Paul seems great conceptually, he's not particularly interesting or surprising, despite a funny recap of what he's been doing on his time on Earth. With his vibe and vocabulary, shorts and weed, juvenilia and sentimentality, Paul turns out to be not much different from a lot of guys who have wreaked comedy havoc on American screens lately, even if this one only wants to beam up, not knock up."{{cite news| title=Calm Down, People; He Comes in Peace | date= March 17, 2011 | first=Manohla |last= Dargis| author-link= Manohla Dargis| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/movies/paul-he-comes-in-peace-review.html |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826050217/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/movies/paul-he-comes-in-peace-review.html |archive-date=2015-08-26 | access-date=2022-02-20 }}

At the 2011 National Movie Awards, Paul received both nominations for Performance of the Year (Frost and Pegg) and won Best Comedy;{{Cite web |last=Tobin |first=Christian |date=11 May 2011 |title=National Movie Awards: The winners in full |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a319018/national-movie-awards-the-winners-in-full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625040900/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a319018/national-movie-awards-the-winners-in-full/ |archive-date=25 June 2020 |access-date=7 April 2023 |website=Digital Spy}} this same category was nominated at the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011.{{Cite web |last=Knegt |first=Peter |date=14 December 2011 |title=The Artist Leads Houston and St. Louis Film Critics Awards |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/the-artist-leads-houston-and-st-louis-film-critics-awards-50562/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119153218/https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/the-artist-leads-houston-and-st-louis-film-critics-awards-50562/ |archive-date=19 November 2017 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=IndieWire}} The film was nominated in two categories at the 2011 Golden Trailer Awards: "Trailer" (Workshop Creative) for Best Comedy and "Dessert" (The Ant Farm) for Best Comedy TV Spot.{{Cite web |title=The 12th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees |url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta12.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711105748/http://www.goldentrailer.com/awards.gta12.php |archive-date=11 July 2011 |access-date=21 May 2023 |publisher=Golden Trailer Awards}} Character animators David Lowry and Mike Hull were nominated for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production at the 39th Annie Awards.{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=4 February 2012 |title=Rango Wins Annie Award for Best Animated Feature |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annie-awards-rango-jennifer-yuh-nelson-287137/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923230205/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annie-awards-rango-jennifer-yuh-nelson-287137/ |archive-date=23 September 2021 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Paul's character design was nominated for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture at the 10th Visual Effects Society Awards.{{Cite web |last=Kilday |first=Gregg |date=9 January 2012 |title=The Adventures of Tintin Earns Six Nominations From Visual Effects Society |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/adventures-tintin-earns-six-nominations-279580/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605204645/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/adventures-tintin-earns-six-nominations-279580/ |archive-date=5 June 2021 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web |date=7 February 2012 |title=Apes, Rango top VES |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/apes-rango-top-ves-1118049859/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101192159/https://variety.com/2012/film/news/apes-rango-top-ves-1118049859/ |archive-date=1 January 2015 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=Variety}}

Paul: Music from the Original Motion Picture was released on 21 February 2011 by Universal Music.{{cite web| title=Paul: Music from the Motion Picture| date= February 4, 2011 | url=http://www.prescriptionmusicpruk.com/press-releases/2011/2/4/paul-music-from-the-motion-picture.html|website=Prescriptionmusicpruk.com | access-date=2011-09-17}} It intersperses David Arnold's score with the rock songs appearing in the film.

{{Track listing

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| all_writing = David Arnold, except as noted

| title1 = Paul Opening Title

| extra1 = David Arnold

| length1 = 1:56

| title2 = Another Girl, Another Planet

| note2 = from The Only Ones, 1978

| writer2 = Peter Perrett

| extra2 = The Only Ones

| length2 = 3:00

| title3 = Road Trip Number 1

| extra3 = David Arnold

| length3 = 0:57

| title4 = Just the Two of Us

| writer4 = Withers, Ralph MacDonald, William Salter

| extra4 = Bill Withers and Grover Washington, Jr.

| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Passport

| extra5 = David Arnold

| length5 = 1:18

| title6 = Road Trip Number 2

| extra6 = David Arnold

| length6 = 1:34

| title7 = Flying Saucers Rock 'N' Roll

| note7 = single, 1957

| writer7 = Harold Ray Scott

| extra7 = Billy Lee Riley

| length7 = 2:02

| title8 = Window Shopping

| extra8 = David Arnold

| length8 = 0:51

| title9 = Hello It's Me

| note9 = from Something/Anything?, 1972

| writer9 = Rundgren

| extra9 = Todd Rundgren

| length9 = 4:20

| title10 = End of the Road Trip

| extra10 = David Arnold

| length10 = 1:38

| title11 = Dancing in the Moonlight

| note11 = from Dancing In The Moonlight, 1973

| writer11 = Sherman Kelly

| extra11 = King Harvest

| length11 = 2:56

| title12 = Campfire Confession

| extra12 = David Arnold

| length12 = 1:24

| title13 = Got to Give It Up

| note13 = from Live at the London Palladium, 1977

| writer13 = Gaye

| extra13 = Marvin Gaye

| length13 = 6:01

| title14 = A Little Talk with Paul

| extra14 = David Arnold

| length14 = 1:21

| title15 = I Chase the Devil

| note15 = from War Ina Babylon, 1976

| writer15 = Lee Perry, Romeo

| extra15 = Max Romeo

| length15 = 3:22

| title16 = Chase

| extra16 = David Arnold

| length16 = 1:18

| title17 = Cantina Band

| writer17 = John Williams

| extra17 = Syd Masters & The Swing Riders

| length17 = 3:42

| title18 = You Gotta Try

| extra18 = David Arnold

| length18 = 2:51

| title19 = 1st Contact

| extra19 = David Arnold

| length19 = 1:17

| title20 = Planet Claire

| note20 = from The B-52's, 1979

| writer20 = Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Henry Mancini

| extra20 = The B-52's

| length20 = 4:33

| title21 = Goodbye (It's a Little Awkward)

| extra21 = David Arnold

| length21 = 4:42

| title22 = All Over the World

| note22 = from Xanadu, 1980

| writer22 = Jeff Lynne

| extra22 = Electric Light Orchestra

| length22 = 4:05

}}

Pegg has stated that he would like to do a sequel to Paul, titled Pauls,{{cite podcast |url=http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/podcasts/Paul-The-Movie---Pegg-and-Frost/ |title=Paul The Movie - Pegg and Frost

|website=AbsoluteRadio.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002102442/http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/podcasts/Paul-The-Movie---Pegg-and-Frost/ |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead}} but that the time and expense it would take means it is unlikely to happen unless costs decrease.{{cite web |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/Simon+Pegg-95499.html |title=Simon Pegg Says Paul Sequel Is Unlikely |first=Helen |last=Earnshaw |date=15 June 2011 |website=Femalefirst.co.uk}} On August 13, 2021 during a live stream on Instagram, Pegg stated that there was 'no chance' of a sequel.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

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• {{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paul |title=Paul (2011)|website=Rotten Tomatoes }}
• {{cite web |title=Paul |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/paul-v475294/review |website=Allmovie.com }}
• {{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=paul.htm |title=Paul (2011) |work=Box Office Mojo }}
• {{IMDb title|1092026}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/paul|title=Paul (2011) |work=Metacritic}}

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