“Paulie,” a parrot’s tale, almost immediately raises questions about what has happened to Steven Spielberg since forming DreamWorks Pictures. Though sweeter in tone (almost saccharine, in fact) than ...

`Paulie” tries to do for parrots what “Babe” did for pigs, and falls amiably on its face. Another animatronic fairy tale in which we talk with the animals — or in this case, the birds — it’s the kind ...

A Russian immigrant janitor (Tony Shalhoub) finds Paulie caged in the basement of a science lab. When the conure’s mouth opens, out comes the voice of Jay Mohr (who doubles as one of the many ...