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Metascore®39 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It's as slam-bang preposterous as any R-rated comedy you can name. It's just that Paul Blart and the film's other characters don't feel the need to use the f-word as the building block of every sentence. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Adam Markovitz

    Has a few surprises in store. The biggest is James, an unexpectedly nimble master of the face-plant, the failed jump, and the lopsided tumble. Read full review

  • 63
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Although Paul Blart is by no means great cinema, there is amusement to be uncovered as we watch Kevin James bumble his way through actions oh-so-similar to those navigated with more blood, sweat, profanity, and dead bodies than Willis. Too bad there's no "Yippekayay...." Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Glenn Whipp

    Underneath all the cartoonish mall mayhem and silly slapstick lies a comedy that aspires to be the sort of gentle crowd-pleaser John Hughes used to make. Read full review

  • 42
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan Rabin

    James has a sweet, appealing presence, but the dreary, joke-light script and generic direction do him no favors. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Great comics from Jerry Lewis to Peter Sellers have turned pathetic into comedic. But James never seems to able to get beyond pathetic. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Nathan Lee

    A tossed-off comedy from Adam Sandler's production company that makes one long for the comparative genius of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry." Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    An almost shockingly amateurish one-note-joke comedy. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    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. Read full review

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