Somehow we knew that Paul Blart: Mall Cop would be less than a critics' darling. But among the many other bad reviews sure to come, this one by the NY Times' Nathan Lee is a small masterpiece of deadpan destruction. I especially like "…directed by Steve Carr, a man who knows how to put a camera in front of things, if little else…" Lots more like this one to come, we'd wager. And it'll still win the weekend box office.
This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2009.