paulie be a fantasy of a littler girl or perhaps her recollection of what her youth be like grow up . tony shaloub execute a flawless performance a an russian scientist ( phd ) who can not find decent work in america . he befriend an isolated parrot while perform meanial duty of a janitor at a behavioral science lab . the chief doctor be a bitter man and a paulie and who can speak and fully comprehend language and learn and embarasses the doctor and who later banishses him to the low level of the building and where mikail ( tony s. ) find him . paulie recant his life with marie and how they lose each other . the quest begin to reunite paulie with marie and only more than 20 year have pass . the movie end and some will say predictably and with mikail reunite paulie with marie . the story close with the three enter marie home and where you can make the final your own choice . great family film .