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Paulie (1997)

Director: John Roberts

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From Time Out Film Guide

To call this the best parrot film ever is to damn with faint praise; neither Rowlands nor Davison is so washed-up that they must play opposite a parrot, and both have attributed their presence to the excellent script. We first meet Paulie the parrot in the basement of an experimental centre. How did he wind up there, asks the cleaner, Misha (Shalhoub). It's a long story, replies Paulie. 'I am Russian. We love long stories,' says Misha. Fledgling Paulie was given as a present to little Marie (Eisenberg) to help her over her stutter, and in the process not only became preternaturally verbal and literate, but also evolved beyond mere mimicry. He is parted from her and spends the rest of the film trying to find her again, but it's the digressive meetings that register. There's none of the usual chase-and-destruction thought indispensable to tots, and everybody's given time to develop. Jolly good.

Author: BC 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • jodie said...
    Posted on Jun 19 2008 16:02 i think this is a good film of the amount i have saw i was watching it in english with this nice teacher who left to work at st peter & pauls in widness she said she was going to leave it behind at school for us whilst she was at the other school so we could watch the rest of it but now we can't because the teacher who isn't nice couldn't find it so i have only watched up to were he finds the other bird an then he finds out a couple of minutes later that he is in L.A i haven't watched the rest and i was looking forward to it aswell.
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  • Jenesa said...
    Posted on May 23 2008 15:18 sick website
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  • zguba said...
    Posted on Oct 13 2007 10:26 beautiful movie
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Cast & crew

Director: John Roberts

Producer: Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Allison Lyon Segan

Cast: Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison, Jay Mohr, Buddy Hackett, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Trini Alvarado full cast

Genre(s): Children's

Duration: 92 mins


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