▁supporting ▁players ." ▁ ▁Upon ▁its ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁gave ▁Paul ▁a ▁mixed ▁review ▁of ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁four , ▁saying ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁" movie ▁that ▁te eters ▁on ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁being ▁really ▁pretty ▁good ▁and ▁los es ▁its ▁way . ▁I ' m ▁not ▁sure ▁quite ▁what ▁goes ▁wrong , ▁but ▁you ▁can ▁see ▁that ▁it ▁might ▁have ▁gone ▁right ." ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Man oh la ▁D arg is , ▁" As ▁gen ial , ▁fool ish ▁and ▁dem ograph ically ▁engine ered ▁as ▁it ▁sounds ▁( h ail ing ▁all ▁fan ▁boys ▁and ▁girls ), ▁Paul ▁is ▁at ▁once ▁a ▁bud dy ▁f lick ▁and ▁a ▁classic ▁American ▁road ▁movie ▁of ▁self ▁( and ▁other ) ▁discovery , ▁inter sp ers ed ▁with ▁bu ckets ▁of ▁ex ple t ives ▁and ▁some ▁start ling ▁( es pecially ▁for ▁a ▁big - studio ▁release ) ▁pok es ▁at ▁Christian ▁fundamental ism   ... ▁The ▁movie ▁has ▁its ▁attra ctions , ▁not ably ▁Mr . ▁Peg g ▁and ▁Mr . ▁F rost ▁( and ▁of ▁course ▁Mr . ▁Bat eman ), ▁whose ▁du ct ile , ▁( non comput er ) ▁animated ▁and ▁open ▁faces ▁were ▁made ▁for ▁comedy   ... ▁Paul ▁proves ▁the ▁weak ▁link . ▁One ▁problem ▁is ▁that ▁Mr . ▁R ogen , ▁however ▁com ically ▁incl ined , ▁has ▁become ▁over ex posed , ▁and ▁there ’ s ▁just ▁something ▁too ▁familiar ▁and ▁predict able ▁about