▁ 7 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁and ▁Bl u - ray ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁and ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁North ▁America ▁on ▁ 9 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Three ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁were ▁made . ▁The ▁DVD ▁release ▁features ▁an ▁audio ▁comment ary ▁with ▁director ▁Greg ▁M ott ola , ▁stars ▁Simon ▁Peg g , ▁Nick ▁F rost , ▁Bill ▁H ader , ▁and ▁producer ▁N ira ▁Park ; ▁two ▁feature tt es ; ▁" Sim on ' s ▁Sil ly ▁F aces "; ▁photo ▁gall eries ; ▁story boards ▁and ▁post ers ; ▁and ▁a ▁blo oper ▁re el . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Bl u - ray ▁release ▁features ▁all ▁the ▁DVD ▁supp lement s ▁with ▁nine ▁more ▁feature tt es ▁and ▁a ▁digital ▁copy . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁response ▁Paul ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics . ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁holds ▁a ▁ 7 0 % ▁appro val ▁rating ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 0 3 ▁reviews ▁with ▁an ▁average ▁rating ▁of ▁ 6 . 3 1 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁critical ▁cons ensus ▁reads , ▁" It ▁doesn ' t ▁measure ▁up ▁to ▁Peg g ▁and ▁F rost ' s ▁best ▁work , ▁but ▁Paul ▁is ▁an ▁ami ably ▁entertain ing   — ▁al beit ▁une ven   — ▁road ▁trip ▁comedy ▁with ▁an