Movie: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

“Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. For years, he has applied to become a cop, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped inside, and because of his sense of duty, refuses to leave. He thus becomes the police department’s eyes on the inside and attempts to stop the criminals on his own. Written by J. Rieper”

• Director: Steve Carr
• Release Date: 19 March 2009 (Australia)
• Run Time: 91 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Crime , Family
• MPAA: Rated PG for some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, and language.

Tagline: Safety never takes a holiday.

Trivia: During filming, the film crew would allow Kevin James’s wife and two kids to go shopping around the Burlington Mall (film location in Massachusetts), while he would continue to finish filming his scenes.

Goofs: Factual errors: The ambulance at the end on the runway is shown with New Jersey license plates starting with the letters M and G for Municipal Government. Those plates would not be issued for use on an ambulance. In New Jersey ambulances have license plates that begin with the letters N and F.