Movies starring Paul Giamatti

The Negotiator (1998)

140 mins     Action , Crime, Drama, Thriller      

Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson - The Long Kiss Goodnight) is a hot shot police negotiator who find himself accused of corruption and murder when he is discovered standing over his murdered partner who had been investigating p...

Man on the Moon (1999)

118 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

As a child I have fond memories of watching the American sit-com "Taxi" and crying with laughter at the hilarious antics of Latka a humble mechanic. So when a biopic of Andy Kaufman, the man behind Latka, came out I was quite...

Big Momma's House (2000)

98 mins     Comedy, Crime      

I sometimes feel for Martin Lawrence because it seems at times that those who have handled his career have tried to turn him into Eddie Murphy rather than letting him be his own man. He's done cop movies like Murphy, he's don...

Planet of the Apes (2001)

119 mins     Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi      

Despite having been born towards the start of the 70s it is only recently that I bit the bullet and watched the original "Planet of the Apes" and I will admit I enjoyed it. But whilst I enjoyed it I wasn't crazy for it and me...

Big Fat Liar (2002)

88 mins     Comedy, Family      

For about the first half hour "Big Fat Liar" felt like someone had decided to turn "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" into a promotional piece for Universal Studios. And then it happens and it is no spoiler to say what I am about to ...

Thunderpants (2002)

87 mins     Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi      

First things first as a grown up "Thunderpants" is not good with its humour built around farting and a bunch of caricatures rather than characters. Honestly even as someone without kids I have to question whether a movie abou...

Paycheck (2003)

119 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, Thriller      

When "Paycheck" starts it made me think of Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" but merged with a computer game where are protagonist finds himself with no memory of the past 3 years, an envelope of strange items which will be cr...

Sideways (2004)

126 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

If I was to tell you that "Sideways" is a road trip movie would you start to have preconceptions of what it would be like, comedy cliches of car break downs, run ins with trouble and so on. Well on one hand you would sort of ...

Cinderella Man (2005)

144 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

To put it simply "Cinderella Man" is a very good boxing movie but it suffers from one major problem. That problem is that whilst "Cinderella Man" is based on the inspiration true story of James J. Braddock it plays like a ste...

The Illusionist (2006)

110 mins     Drama, Romance, Thriller      

2006 seemed a year where magic was a big selling point for movies, alongside the crowd pleasing "The Prestige" there was also Neil Burger's "The Illusionist" another movie laden with mystery and magic. But unlike "The Prestig...

Lady in the Water (2006)

110 mins     Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller      

I didn't like "Lady in the Water"; it absolutely bored me senseless and was a convoluted mess which struggled to flow. But I am not blaming writer and director M. Night Shyamalan solely for this and don't mind the fact he gav...

The Ant Bully (2006)

88 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

"The Ant Bully" to me is just another animation, nothing that wrong with it but nothing about it which makes it any better than the ever growing number of other computer generated animations. I suppose what I am saying is tha...

Fred Claus (2007)

116 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Fred Claus: Vince Vaughn stars as Fred, the brother of Santa (Paul Giamatti) except the brothers Claus don't get on and now have to work today...

Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

86 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

They say you should get your 5 a day but be wary of carrots especially those in the hands of Clive Owen as they can kill. Carrots is just one of numerous memories you will have of "Shoot 'Em Up" because this is one memorable ...

Pretty Bird (2008)

120 mins     Comedy      

Never has nothingness been so compelling, that is the strange feeling I got whilst watching the way out of the box "Pretty Bird". This is a movie which just seems a mess with a thin storyline which gets mangled in the editing...

Duplicity (2009)

125 mins     Crime, Romance, Thriller      

Released in 2009 "Duplicity" sees Clive Owen and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen for Tony Gilroy's movie all about a couple of double crossing corporate spies. What on paper looks like it should be an intriguing, as w...

The Ides of March (2011)

101 mins     Drama      

I reckon if "The Ides of March" had been set in the world of British politics it may have grabbed my attention and kept it. You see I am a Brit who has little knowledge of how politics and campaigning works in America and to ...

Win Win (2011)

105 mins     Comedy, Drama, Sport      

As I sat down to watch "Win Win" I suddenly heard a bit of music and for a while I tried to place this flowingly jaunty piece of guitar playing and whilst I couldn't place it I did discover that "Win Win" was directed by Thom...

The Hangover Part II (2011)

102 mins     Comedy      

I like many enjoyed "The Hangover" not so much for its originality but because it was hilariously crazy. The thing is that they should have left it at that as to create a sequel which leads the guys on a repeat of the events ...

Cosmopolis (2012)

109 mins     Drama      

High concept, high art or high pile of crap! I will admit I have had a love hate relationship with the movies of David Cronenberg and tend to prefer his more commercially appealing movies than those which dare to be different...