Pauly Shore is Dead

Pauly Shore is Dead (2003)

  • 62% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 28% of users liked it
    (9,247 ratings)

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

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Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 11, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Jan 25, 2005
Regent Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    It works as a throwaway joke -- occasionally funny and often shamelessly tasteless. And it also helps if you like Shore.

  • 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.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, Fantastica Daily

    Pauly Shore is dead... In your dreams, bud-dee!

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    the single joke wears paper-thin over its 80 mercifully short minutes

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...the movie turns into a game of spot the cameo more than anything else.

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  • Jeff "


    Decent mockumentary on forgotten actor Pauly Shore where he spoofs himself, this is a pretty original film, and considering that Shore is so-so, this is actually a pretty original idea for a film. This film is imperfect and has many flaws, but I'm somehow found it enjoyable. If… More

  • MisterYoda ?


    three stars

  • Michael S


    Painfully unfunny. I actually like Pauly Shore, but this film is bulls***! The successful joke ratio here is about one in a hundred, and I'm not even exaggerating. Man, this film actually made me forget that films can actually be funny! Just avoid this... PLEASE!

  • Megan S


    I have beef with this movie because it killed our TV. We had a TV/VCR combo and the tape wouldnt eject. And once I pried it out of the VCR, the TV kept thinking there was a tape, so it would "rewind" and then turn off everytime we turned it on. I couldn't really tell… More

  • Curtis L


    I rented this thinking it was real. It's not. If you are offered to watch this movie, take these precautions to make sure you don't have to: 1) dump gasoline on your body (head to toe). 2) Light a match. 3) Set yourself on fire. 4) Jump off a building with spikes at the… More

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