Joe Lo Truglio

Joe Lo Truglio in Paul
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Happy birthday to Joe Lo Truglio, who turns 41 today.  Truglio is not a well known actor, but I am sure people have seen him in movies before.  He was in movies like Superbad, Fanboys, Pineapple Express, Role Models, and I Love You, Man.  In I Love You, Man, he plays the high pitch voice guy.  I chose to watch one of his more recent movies, Paul.

On with the movie.  While Truglio will sadly never have a main role, he does play his comical supporting roles very well.  This movie is no different.  His subtle humor and banter with Bill Hader was spot on.  My favorite scene with Truglio was when he is playing hide-and-seek with Hader.  It was just such a simple scene, and yet I was cracking up with laughter.  The movie itself was a little lack luster.  I had high hopes for this movie, but they fell a little short.  This movie was funny, but it didn't flow very smoothly.  It started out slow, picked up in the middle but slowed towards the end, and picked up just ever so slightly at the end.  It saddens me that most people will only know Truglio as that one guy, because he truly deserves to be better known.  I hope, someday, Joe Lo Truglio will become a household name.  And with that, I raise my lighter to light the candles on Joe's cake.

I give this movie 2 ½ cakes out of 5.