Paul

I have mixed feelings about this movie we saw today.  It concerned "Paul," a real alien accidentally left on earth in the Roswell area and then used by the government for decades.  He finally escapes and wants to contact his fellow aliens and leave earth.  It really has a pretty good plot but the "R" rating is indicative of the kind of language included in the movie.  It is strange.  If this were a Disney movie without the questionable language people might "pan" it saying, "Oh, it's just one of those formulatic movies with a somewhat happy ending."  I also struggled with the anti-religious bias which was present.  To some extent the movie belittled ultra conservative and narrow minded religion.  I tend to agree with the point they were making but some viewers might misunderstand that it poked fun at "religion" and not faith.  At the end one of Bible thumping characters said, "God bless you."  Paul smirked about this but I thought it was a sweet scene.  Oh, there were drugs, suggestive innuendos and such things but this was ultimately a "buddy movie" with the four main characters interacting in good ways.  As I said, I have mixed feelings about the movie.  It's certainly not for children and I'm not sure how they will ever clean it up enough to be shown on television.  I hope and pray that I don't see or hear children emulating Paul.  If it had been a Disney movie I think I would be willing to support such emulation.  Take away the language and it would be a legitimate thought-provoking movie.