When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
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- TriviaTwo of Kevin James' real-life family members are seen in this film: the karaoke singer is his older brother Gary Valentine, and the woman with two children who Paul helps is his wife Steffiana De La Cruz.
- GoofsWhen Paul Blart is talking to Amy she asks him if he was the guy that crashed into the minivan and points to a blue minivan, but he actually hits a silver one.
- Quotes
[from trailer]
Paul Blart: [talking to himself] What are you trained to do? Nothing...
- Crazy creditsTwo additional scenes play during the closing credits.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, this film was originally shown to the BBFC in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the distributor that the film was likely to receive a 12A classification but that the requested PG classification could be obtained by making changes to two scenes. In particular the BBFC suggested that a scene in which a man has the lid of a sun bed slammed onto him several times be reduced; and that an extended fight sequence also be reduced to remove some of the strongest blows. In this scene specifically, it was suggested that a blow to the face with a skateboard and dialogue which introduces and emphasises a headbutt be removed. When the finished version of the film was submitted these reductions had been made satisfactorily and the film was classified PG.
Featured review
When I saw the trailer for this movie, I was more than anxious to see it. Then I saw another one and it made me see it even more. Then I saw the movie and guess what, all the good scenes were those that I've already seen and nothing more. The idea itself is a very interesting one at very least, but it's the realization is where the movie fails. The story begins to borderline on being boring halfway through, and it all begins to be more than predictable. Once or twice the story takes an engaging turn, but it's really not enough. The funny parts are to be counted on the fingers of one hand, and the ending is -again- so predictable, it hurts. Which is a shame, because the acting is really good, Kevin James is truly shining through and proving that he's a really good actor; again, not nearly enough to salvage the shortcomings of the plot and the lack of jokes. Which is a shame. Movie starts really promising, but the further we go into the movie, the more painful it becomes to watch it. As if the makers gave up on it after shooting the first 30 minutes. I'm giving it 5 stars only because the first half an hour is really decent. And I gotta admire James doing all his stunts. So do yourself a favor. Don't watch the movie. Watch the trailers. That's all you need to see.
- peterkowalski
- Feb 10, 2009
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- Also known as
- Mall Cop
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Box office
- Budget
- $26,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $146,336,178
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,832,636
- Jan 18, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $183,348,429
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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