Paulie

So I can hack up that damn parrot! Tony Shaloub? enough said! Besides the fact that the plot was just plain rediculous and that the graphics were like watching stargate atlantis, this movie blew some serious chunks! I never want to... Full review

very funny i tink that bird needs to be less of a potty mouth.i loved it. you would never guess what comes mext i give it a A+!... Full review

This movie is very inspering. The story is very well written. Your truly feel for all the characters. I definatly recomend this movie Im sure you'll love it!... Full review

My mom told me this film was good, but I never took the time to watch it. Maybe a year after it came out in theaters I decided to watch it. The story was happy and sad at the same time.... Full review

I love this movie alot.It is a very inspiring movie.Even though it was about a bird trying to learn how to fly so he could find his owner.There is something else in this movie that alot of people did not see.It... Full review

THIS MOVIE IS A GREAT MOVIE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS BECAUSE IT HAS BIRDS IN IT AND ITS STORY IS GREAT AND YOU WOULD WANT TO WHATCH IT ONE MILLION TIMES!... Full review

This film makes a great family escape. The movie is an all together great film. The story circles around a girl and her pet parrot who is named Paulie. The girl and parrot are soon seperated by the father and later... Full review

Some people might call "Paulie" a kids' movie, but I wish to assert that it's more than that. Probably more than anything else, this movie successfully goes to great lengths to show the plight of immigrants in the United States -... Full review

Paulie is a phenomenal movie and it's always been one of my favorites. The only reason why I don't watch this movie more often is because it makes me cry every time I watch it. Paulie is a wonderful movie and... Full review

One of the movies that just grabs you for no reason it seems, and never lets you go. Excellent story with a not so memorable cast. besides Cheech marin not a bad performance out of this bunch. I'm a grown man... Full review

Until that day comes, we'll have to make due with what we've got, which is why it's so delightful when a movie like "Paulie" comes along. As the beloved pet of Marie (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), a young girl with a stuttering problem, Paulie learned to speak and comprehend the human language. ... Full Review

Misha says that as a Russian, he's quite fond of long stories, so Paulie begins.....Don't kill off major nice characters in children's stories..... ... Full Review

Sweet, wise and funny at times, ``Paulie'' is also a desperately uneven comedy adventure that tries plucking a few too many heartstrings and pushes the wise-guy patter a tad too far. Both the plucky bird and the newcomer Misha are scared strangers in a strange land, and Shalhoub's sad-eyed, earnest way of coaxing the parrot out of its cowering silence in a hostile environment is touching and lovely. ... Full Review

Paulie gets a crackerjack movie to speak frankly The parrot makes a case for keeping his mouth shut Paulie himself is pretty convincing, though Mohr's Paulie-voice is grating after a while. Marin enjoys himself, and the mood is infectious. ... Full Review

Marin is lively but underused as the small-time entrepreneur who appreciates Paulie's talents.....Paulie's potentially promising romance is dropped without comment....Performing opposite a pretend animal (voiced in curious street-ese by Jay Mohr, who also appears as a two-bit con man), Shalhoub persuasively makes the man-parrot relationship come alive..... ... Full Review

If you want to know what's on Paulie's mind, just ask him. But you'd better be prepared for the answer. He doesn't know how to lie, and his biting wit may ruffle a few feathers...including his own. ... Full Article

By BOB HEISLER FOR THE TIMES April 16, 1998 Friday April 17, 1998 Make an appointment with your kids or borrow some children from your neighbor and see "Paulie," a perfect family movie with the intelligence, humor and hug-me moments... ... Full Article

Black Beauty-style, Paulie tells Misha his life story, from his beginning as the pet of 5-year-old Marie (Hallie Kate Eisenberg) -- he accompanied her to her speech therapy classes, which is how he learned to talk -- to his heartbreaking... ... Full Article

From the Chicago Reader Paulie is an intelligent parrot, the cherished pet of a little girl whose parents disagree about the best approach to her speech therapy; he's separated from her after his command of English leads to a dangerous... ... Full Article

The war with Germany has barely ended -- and the war with Japan still rages on -- when Jackson, the "best prosecutor in the country," is appointed chief prosecutor for a war-crimes tribunal being launched against the Nazis by the... ... Full Article

In the Babe tradition of talking animatronic animals, this comedy adventure gets underway when animal-research-lab janitor Misha (Tony Shalhoub) expresses concern for a Blue-crown Conure parrot named Paulie (voice of Jay Mohr) caged in a dank basement. ... Full Article