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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times: It is something to behold. Read more
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: Shalhoub gives an impressively nuanced performance in the dangerously cliched role, and Paulie -- a combination of trained parrots, animatronics, and the voice of Mohr -- comes across as a fully developed character. Read more
Bob Heisler, Los Angeles Times: A perfect family movie with the intelligence, humor and hug-me moments to be a great first-date movie, too. Just remember to bring a hankie. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The film is aimed at children, I suppose, although I don't think they'll like Paulie all that much. I didn't. Read more
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: Paulie has elements of a good weepy, but overall it never quite gels beyond being a passable novelty. Read more