paulie sound like the most saccharine and lachrymose and sentimental garbage you could ever find and yet it actually much good than you might expect . the daftness of the plot could so easily have set the tone for the whole film and but actually in most other department the film be charm . in case youre wondering and paulie be a parrot . buy for a little girl with speech difficulty and paulie become her best friend and go everywhere with her . he even sit on her shoulder during speech therapy lesson and and eventually become a super intelligent speaker himself . however and paulie be send away by the little girl mother and he spend the rest of the film try to get from n. y. c to l. a to be re united with her . so and why do this awful sounding film succeed relatively well . firstly and it boast some interesting and impressive animatronic effect . secondly ( and far more significantly ) it have the courage to embrace it ludicrous premise and tell a genuinely move and often humourous story without worry too much about the obvious flaw in the storyline . thirdly and it have several surprisingly strong performance and include jay mohr a a wily crook and gena rowlands a a kind old lady and and cheech marin ( yes and the dope smoking cheech marin . ) a a musical immigrant . it might not be a classic and but paulie be sound entertainment for kid of all age .