Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

Boring

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This "movie" is so amateurish it feels intentional. There's tons of unfortunate sexism, racism & homophobia, made worse by the fact that Shore is playing himself. The amount of star cameos implies a bunch of random favors were called-in. However, the oddity of this project's conceit is undeniable. A pseudo-genius mix of autobiography & complete fiction, it shows a Pauly Shore who is more self-aware & self-effacing than I would've imagined.

Love (Pauly Shore) or hate him, both ways you've got to feel that he didn't have all the chances (as many other names had and still have !). And it's weird how after his cinematic career was gone he didn't have any job, like supporting roles in comic or non-comic works ! So the guy is a loser jerk ? The guy is an untrustworthy pampered ? Or the guy is just unlucky ? Sure he's a combination of all of the above. I don't hate him. Or I'll going to hate many many stars that began as dumb or dumber. But here, I really loved him. This is maybe his funniest movie yet. And unlike its very simple look, it has a lot to experience. For one is how to utilize your failure in making funny work, to make a real funny one. Pain brings the best indeed.I have never seen a self-spoof like this before. Endless celebrities spoofed themselves before even harshly, whether in respectful way (watch for instance Oliver Stone mocking at himself in his earlier work, in Natural Born Killer. Or follow most of The Simpsons episodes), or in non-respectful way in any of the rehab shows where the pity is begged and the bad news are news anyway. Here the spoof is sincere, smart, and meaningfully comic. Moreover it was my first to watch a self-spoof in a form of a complete movie.Shore mastered the way he ridicules himself, and most importantly his persona. Showing, and somehow assuring, all what he had been accused with from all the parties. However not in a humiliating sense inasmuch as a malcontent critic sense. What I loved about it isn't how the man said all the jokes (that were on him) and more, but also his belief that he was really dead, where no one killed him but himself, and he just must learn a lot to come back again, but as a human being not a Hollywood thing, or a short-lived antic. Now he said all of that yet as a drama, a comic one. Therefore it wasn't just a bitter compunction or self-flagellation, where "the joke" is the main aim. It rather has the joke, the confession that it wasn't loved by everyone, the other jokes (the real good ones) around that, then the purgation too; where the entire true scene (which was being read drolly) leads to serious facts in nice convincing way.This script is right. It's not poor or whimsical as I though it would be. For instance look at the character of the number one fan; else being a comedic, sometimes thrilling, factor it added such a symbolic dimension where Shore hit the bottom that pushed even his greatest fans to think about wasting him! The ghost of (Sam Kinison) as Shore's conscience was a fine touch too. Listen to sorely written criticism about how Tom Hanks or Robin Williams began then moved on, the fact that Shore's 1997 TV show lasted for 1 episode (it's actually 5), and watch him buying crack for himself (how this movie can be franker ?!). Then look at the uncountable cameos; aside from being attractive factor apart, they – according to Shore's script – didn't blame the circumstances, Tinseltown, etc.. They blamed the goofy lead, and the hypocrisy around him sometime.(Shore) as a first-time moviemaker didn't depend wholly on the presences of the stars, he didn't resort to the bad taste or the easy comedy, and he didn't make an unfunny or aimless movie. On some level this is a pretty sad movie about a phase that we all get through one time or another. However it kept a good formula going on where it managed eventually not to be only the amusing comedy or a dark film. In fact it's in a great middle, having the best of both.I just refused : the video camera-work. It took a lot of the movie's value. Let alone that the image was a bit slower than what it was supposed to be if that was made cinematically. I don't know why he didn't transform it into cinema since this technique is available. Maybe for the sake of being realistic (or artistic ?!). Or maybe for cut-down-the-damn-no-budget ! Plus the closing credits where Shore is kind of promoting himself as a good, new, actor and a good director too (the phone call). Well, don't go and say these things by yourself, let your movie tell it by itself. But he got the right anyway as this is his movie, and on a deeper level; this is his career which was put to the critical test at the moment. Finally I saw that the story of "how did I fake my death" wasn't well used which made it look unnecessary, and I hated the Marilyn Monroe Joke; as a great fan of her I must say that that was low pal, and I mean LOW.I think (Shore) said many good things in this movie. He's frank, he's sorry, he learned a lesson, he wants to come back and he has some talent to say all of that in a well way; and that, I think, is the highest point this small movie achieves.It's not a nice time only, or a pretty drastic uncovering for someone's flaws by his own hands, it gives a hope for everyone out there too, any one blew it big time, or lost his glamour or didn't even give himself the chance to discover his real one. So whether (Shore) got that role with (Sean Penn) or not, it's the testimony about the necessity of going out of the self's jail first to win a second chance for being reborn and alive again. (Pauly Shore is Dead) is a rare idea, painful conscience, fine message and funny feel-good movie as well. One last thing : I loved (Jury Duty).

If you want to watch a movie that includes Pauly Shore quoting his other movies, with a lot of cameos in it, that shows on several occasions Pauly Shore masturbating, then this movie is for you. However, my blood pressure rose several points by the end of the film due to how irritated it made me. It was much like driving through the rain during rush hour while you have a cold. Pauly Shore has found yet another device to irritate people. This movie is lacking in plot, depth, and comedy.While none of the following "got" me, some people might like this: There were cameos all over the place (how he was able to lure so many people into participating in this disaster is beyond me). Some might find a new respect for Pauly Shore due to his ability to make fun of himself. People who appreciate Pauly Shores humor (if that's what you want to call it), would probably find the movie funny.When asked by my husband how this compared to other Pauly Shore films, I told him that Pauly shore films can't be rated on the same continuum as other movies because they're all so bad that they fail any sort of logistical form of expression.

Do not bother wasting your time or money on this product it really is appalling the plot is cumbersome and confused and the acting is diabolical.Its an attempt to get good actors together with a crap script and try to make it funny well I am sorry but this just isn't possible. The film transcends into ridiculous cameo performances but fails to make them spark the film into life how they managed to get so many comic actors on board with this script is beyond me because quite frankly the film is just not funny. Its a tired story anyway which has been done many times before and surely better though I haven't watched this type of film as I know what it is going to be like boring and unfunny.