Pauly Shore Is Dead
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Movie Reviews of Pauly Shore Is Dead
Movie Review: A has-been's death and rebirth
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not a Pauly Shore fan, have never wasted my time on any of his bombs, but something told me PAULY SHORE IS DEAD (2004) would be worth seeing. It turns out my guess was correct.
This self-lampooning comedy is packed with fun cameos. Contributing celebs include Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Bill Maher, Pamela Anderson, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Nicky and Paris Hilton, Clint Howard, Chris Rock, Ja Rule, Michael Madsen, Tom Sizemore, Jerry Springer, Britney Spears, Whoopi Goldberg, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and the voice of Adam Sandler.
Since it's the story of a struggling has-been, an addiitional number of the formerly famous appear, including 'Screech' from Saved By the Bell, Heidi Fleiss, 'Downtown' Julie Brown, Carrot Top, the guy who played 'Mini Me' in the Austin Powers films, Tommy Chong, Sally Jesse Raphael, Montel Williams, Tommy Lee, Craig Kilborn, Corey Feldman, Andy Dīck and Kato Kaelin, who's now very bald in front.
Another has-been, Todd Bridges, has a significant supporting role. He and Pauly share a prison cell. Bridges gives acting advice and shares his religious beliefs. Note: the deleted scenes include an angry Gary Coleman (Todd's co-star on TV's Diff'rent Strokes) storming off rather than being lumped in with a crowd of losers.
The most unique celebrity here is back from the dead. Shore combines archive footage of Sam Kinison's silhouette with an excellent voice imitation. Sam materializes in an eerie mist to offer a despondent Pauly some advice. He explains that guys like himself and John Belushi are more famous now because they're dead. Sam's ghost poses the question: would you rather be a dead legend or a live loser?
Pauly, who's lost his house and is reduced to parking cars at his mom's club, THE COMEDY STORE, chooses being a dead legend, but he doesn't kill himself. Instead, he simulates a suicide with a corpse stolen from the morgue. This ruse actually works. Pauly's sudden demise becomes big news. He's the topic of TV talk shows and the cover boy on many magazines.
But everything falls apart when it's discovered that Shore isn't dead, He's arrested, tried and imprisoned, and it's while behind bars that the resurrection of Pauly Shore truly begins.
I thoroughly enjoyed this silly little picture. The DVD extras alone are worth the price of admission. Recommended!
Movie Review: 4 1/2 stars for a movie I laughed at constantly
Summary: 4 Stars
Pauly Shore really knew what he was doing this time around, and worked pretty damned hard making his real self out to be a baffoon. His self-deprecating flick took five years to finally assemble and getting permission from all those other artists couldn't have been easy. But it shows that Pauly put some effort into this thing and that's why I enjoyed it, plus some of the jokes and one-liners from other famous people were hysterical. Some of the direction needed to be cleaned up a little but so what. Pauly wasn't trying to be Kubrick or Speilberg. When I found this movie on Amazon I said "I've got to have it" and usually I'll watch a DVD once or twice then sell it on e-bay for half what I bought it for. This DVD is staying in my collection to be viewed several more times still. I take half a star away for the "director's commentary" because Pauly seemed to be pretty baked and directionless when he spoke over the film and didn't add a whole lot other than constant thank-yous to the respected artists he had to go around and take 15 minutes away from to film a short piece. The work by Carrot-Top and Charlie Sheen in the beginning of the movie by itself garnered three stars, the flick got its other 1 and a half for consistently being funny even after the first several gags.Movie Review: Give Pauly Credit
Summary: 4 Stars
I think Pauly Shore is much more talented then people give him credit for. It is not as easy at it seems to play the character he played in every single one of his films. But the problem is that he has played the same character in all the movies he made. Frankly I dont think he made this movie or started his new reality show to restart his career, I think he probably knows that he is a living joke, I feel he is just trying to give people a laugh and I'd say hes done that.Movie Review: Pauly Shore
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie came quickly. With in 4 days of ordering. Case and DVD were in great shape.BUT The movie was aweful. I like Pauly Shore and thought it would be funny, but it is not. It is so stupid.Movie Review: Funny!!!!Misunderstood
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was histerical. It was not supposed to be a billion dollar budget movie. All the cameos were hillarious and for the people who didnt like it just didnt understand.