Pauly Shore is Dead (2003)
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62% of critics liked it
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Can death be a good career move? The star of Bio-Dome, Jury Duty, and In the Army Now decides to find out in this satirical comedy. Pauly Shore (playing himself) takes a role on a new situation comedy series for FOX TV after a string of awful movies puts paid to his film career, but when the show is… More Can death be a good career move? The star of Bio-Dome, Jury Duty, and In the Army Now decides to find out in this satirical comedy. Pauly Shore (playing himself) takes a role on a new situation comedy series for FOX TV after a string of awful movies puts paid to his film career, but when the show is axed at the last moment, Shore finds himself flat broke and unable to find work in Hollywood. At the end of his rope, one night Shore is visited by the ghost of comic Sam Kinison, who suggests that killing himself might be the answer. Shore lacks the nerve to go quite that far, but he goes half-way by faking his own death and is amazed to discover an outpouring of post-mortem enthusiasm for him and his body of work, with the dead comic now praised as a genius; however, as Shore tries to figure out how to capitalize on this outpouring of acceptance, word begins to spread that the comic is actually alive and well, which only causes more problems for him. Produced under the title You'll Never Wiez In This Town Again, Pauly Shore Is Dead was written and directed by Shore himself and features an impressive list of celebrity cameos including Chris Rock, Sean Penn, Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears, Vince Vaughn, Andy Dick, Paris Hilton, and lots more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pauly Shore
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Mar 11, 2003 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 25, 2005
- Studio
- Regent Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
It works as a throwaway joke -- occasionally funny and often shamelessly tasteless. And it also helps if you like Shore.
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Key revelation is that Shore is a bitter, unpleasant, petty, humourless little man--and that his stoned weasel song and dance isn't doing that great a job of hiding it.
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Staci Layne Wilson, Fantastica Daily
Pauly Shore is dead... In your dreams, bud-dee!
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
the single joke wears paper-thin over its 80 mercifully short minutes
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the movie turns into a game of spot the cameo more than anything else.
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Cast
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Pauly Shore
as Pauly
- Todd Bridges
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W. Earl Brown
as Bucky
- Rick Ducommun
- Jaime Bergman
- Marilyn Martinez
