Paul Weitz’s Typical Vibe
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Paul Weitz has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Recurring themes

Fright Night
2011
Horror · Comedy

Benny Loves You
2019
Horror · Comedy

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation
2012
Horror · Action

Snatchers
2019
Science Fiction · Horror

Porno
2019
Comedy · Horror

Fright Night
1985
Comedy · Horror

The Parenting
2025
Horror · Comedy

Bad Milo!
2013
Comedy · Horror

Fatherhood
2021 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 12%Netflix · Included

Murderbot
2025 · Series · Creator
Top 41%Apple TV+ · Included

Grandma
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 47%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Down to Earth
2001 · Movie · Director
Top 88%Paramount+ · Included

Little Fockers
2010 · Movie · Director
Top 90%Netflix · Included

A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Kevin Hart, Melody Hurd, Alfre Woodard

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas

In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet... even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
Dir. Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz · With Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
Dir. Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz · With Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, who is half his age. Matters are made worse when Dan's new supervisor becomes romantically involved with his daughter an 18 year-old college student Alex.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson

Two old friends reconnect at their friend's funeral, and decide to exact revenge on the widower who wronged all three of them decades earlier.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Malcolm McDowell

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore

When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson
Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Tina Fey, Ann Harada, Ben Levin

Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure there's been a mistake. Miraculously, he's right! An angel tells Lance he was taken prematurely but assures him he can be returned to Earth - in the aged body of a ruthless white billionaire. In this improbable reincarnation, Lance begins a hilarious quest to realize his showbiz dream...and, along the way, discovers the person he never imagined he could be.
Dir. Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz · With Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore
A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.
Dir. Paul Weitz · With Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Sebastian Koch
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...
Dir. Jeff Baena · With Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson · With Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Dan Aykroyd
The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines, and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out...and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty.
Dir. Peter Segal · With Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller