Pauly Shore Is Dead

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Pauly Shore, one-time MTV personality and faded comic star of Bio-Dome and Jury Duty, wrote and directed this satire about his own career decline and (fictional) attempt to revive Hollywood's interest by faking his suicide. The fun of this movie is in never being quite sure how much of the story is based on Shore's real-life status as a has-been, and how much is inspired by public assumptions about his near-disappearance from the entertainment scene. In any case, watching Shore's dubious run as a stand-up comedian and actor wind down has, in Shore's own telling, some very funny moments, including a scene in which cash-rich, prop comic Carrot Top buys the former Wiezel's house and another in which Shore tries to secure the services of a Heidi Fleiss escort for $84. Lots of celebrity cameos here (Shore obviously still has show-business friends), including Ben Stiller, Britney Spears, Bill Maher, Charlie Sheen, Tom Sizemore, and Ellen DeGeneres. --Tom Keogh

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So many stars?so little sympathy! Leave it to legendary Hollywood "weasel" Pauly Shore to fake his own death and chronicle the hilarious reactions from dozens of A-list celebrities in this outrageous dark comedy that raises the eternal show business question: Is it better to be a dead genius or a living idiot?

Customer Reviews:

The worst movie I have ever seen........2007-07-20

I usually shy away from discouraging others from watching a movie, because who knows what their taste is, right? But this was the biggest waste of my time I have ever experienced. It was so bad in every way, and not in a kitchy-b movie kind of way, just bad. They tried to make it looked home filmed, which just came off as cheap and bad. They had the same few actors commenting repeatedly, which was bad. Pauly's performance was so whiny and annoying that by the end of the movie I WANTED him to be dead. I would rather sit at the dentist's office getting my teeth drilled out with no painkillers than ever watch this movie again.

Please read this Pauly Shore.......2007-04-01

You might want to reconsider titles like this when you ever get the chance to do another film. In this case, it seems too much like prophecy.

Not great.......2006-11-11

I honestly didn't see what was supposed to be funny or interesting about this movie. Don't be fooled by the big names attached to it, they are cameos only.
The only line I found really funny was a critic saying about Pauly Shore's TV show: "it sucks worse than gravity." I am not saying that this could be applied to this movie as well. Not quite.

Painful to watch.......2006-09-12

If you thought Pauly Shore's life was sad from watching his TBS series "Who's Minding the Store?" then you'll be reduced to tears after watching this movie. I'm giving it three stars because he does have that gifted ability to be funny. The beginning with Charlie Sheen is dead on with its "candid" humor. After that, it just drags. Only see if you really care about Pauly Shore, or if you are drunk.

"Hey, is there any part in there for me?" .......2006-07-18

For those who care about Pauly Shore flicks, there are SPOILERS here:

It begins with Charlie Sheen consoling Paulie Shore over Paulie's down-spiraled career. The next day finds the maid encountering Paulie's corpse, apparently a death by suicide. Then, through roughly a half hour of flashbacks, Paulie's voice-over narrates the sequential rise and demise of his television and film career, from being a top MTV personality and starring in fan-favorites Encino Man and Son-in-Law to, sadly, having to fire his staff and crew (who promptly celebrate), having to vacate his nice crib, and being berated by incoming new crib owner Carrottop: "It still smells like Pauly in here!" One night, Pauly is visited by Sam Kinison's ghost who advises him to fake his death because people are more appreciated when they die. The flashbacks are capped with Paulie staging his own demise. Then, cut to the present, as the film unveils the repercussions of the Weasel's passing: Pauly Shore is now hailed as a comic genius, he is on every magazine cover, his fans are holding vigils, MTV has a 48 hour salute to Pauly, there is a "girls who slept with Pauly" segment on Jerry Springer, Dr. Dre is reminiscing of when he used to blaze with him...ahh, good times for the postmortem great man. Then, his current un-dead status is nosed out by a precocious little girl and, soon, the police are busting down the door of his hideaway and clapping cuffs on his protesting person. He is incarcerated in the prison's celebrity wing and, bolstered with the support and hard-earned wisdom of the cons, including his Koran-reading cellmate Todd Bridges, becomes a wiser, better man. He is soon released and now can be seen filming with co-star Sean Penn. Run end credits.

Pauly Shore's farcical mockumentary, while scathingly funny, also doubles as an incisive look into the underbelly of Tinseltown. The backbiting, the double-dealing, the jealousies, the paranoia, the constant need to be on top and in the public consciousness...these Hollywood demons are all present and are given proper satirical consideration. Pauly dragoons his Hollywood bud-dies (some of 'em A-listers) into making hilarious spoofy cameos, and some are very funny indeed with their commentary about the dearly departed Mr. Shore, particularly the two very catty phone pals Ben Stiller and Bill Maher.

There are so many funny bits strewn throughout this film: Britney Spears, on wondering who Pauly Shore is, declares, "Oh, yeah, he's that guy that used to be on MTV before I was born."; Tom Sizemore hits on a honey, who accuses him of being "that creepy guy from the movies!" Tom's instant response: "No, that's Michael Madsen." The viewer also becomes privy to Pauly's encounter with Fred Durtz (Limp Bizkit) before the band became famous and we also learn what befell Rico Suave.

I've never been a fan of Pauly Shore and I never did get his weird humor. The only film of his I really enjoyed was Son-in-Law. The rest of his pictures alternately sucks and blows. But, for one semi-shiny moment, Pauly has found his ideal niche - mockumentaries!! It's a bit sad that his best cinematic effort had to involve his true-to-life Tinseltown career inadequacies. But, if Pauly can take it, I can recommend it. So check it out. Or else he'll do Jury Duty 2.

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