Pauly Shore Is Dead

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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 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.

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Cast

Pauly Shore
as Himself
Jaime Bergman
as Herself
Ben Stiller
as Himself
Rick Ducommun
Todd Bridges
Sean Penn
as Himself
Adam Sandler
Fred Durst
as Himself
W. Earl Brown
as Bucky
Tom Sizemore
as Himself
Marilyn Martinez
Chris Rock
as Himself
Whoopi Goldberg
as Herself
Heidi Fleiss
as Herself
Ellen DeGeneres
as Herself
Kurt Loder
as Himself
Pamela Anderson
as Herself
Tommy Chong
as Himself
Andy Dick
as Himself
Snoop Dogg
as Himself
Paris Hilton
as Herself
Britney Spears
as Herself
Jerry Springer
as Himself
Vince Vaughn
as Himself
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Critic Reviews for Pauly Shore Is Dead

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  • 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.

    Mar 11, 2005 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

    Walter Chaw

    Film Freak Central

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

    Jan 25, 2005 | Full Review…

    Staci Layne Wilson

    Fantastica Daily

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

    Jan 16, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

    Christopher Null

    Filmcritic.com

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

    Jan 5, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    David Nusair

    Reel Film Reviews

  • Will probably matter only slightly to Shore's fans, but this patchy film will hardly deliver Shore the crossover breakout he so sorely desires nor the admiration due a talented film auteur.

    Oct 24, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

    Marjorie Baumgarten

    Austin Chronicle

  • While it is indeed pretty funny, the darkness got lost somewhere in the shuffle.

    Oct 5, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Bill Beyrer

    CinemaBlend
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Audience Reviews for Pauly Shore Is Dead

  • Jul 06, 2012
    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 you're familiar with Pauly Shore, you'll know he's always had one trick up his sleeve, and people got fed up rather quickly with him. I enjoyed Son in Law and Encino Man, but the rest of his films were bad to mediocre, using the same tired out joke that made Shore popular. Pauly Shore fans will enjoy this film, and I'll admit, I liked the film, and I thought it was really original, but it fell short on its potential of what it could have been. The jokes are decent, and never anything good, however it did make me smile at how stupid this film was. You got to give Pauly Shore props, he was able to make fun of himself in quite the manner, and he was able to pull off something, better than most of his early films combined. This is worth seeing if you like his work. I liked two films of his, and basically gave up on the guy after In the Army Now and Bio Dome. This film manages to be funnier than his later films, and it's a pretty decent try at a mockumentary, even if it's nothing ever good. Pauly Shore fans should definitely check this film out and they're sure to love this as much as his other films, but for viewers who hate the Weasel, they may want to skip this one altogether.
    Alex r Super Reviewer
  • May 05, 2012
    quite funny but it is to little to late for pauly shore who continued playing the same character over and over again.
    Brendan N Super Reviewer
  • Jul 06, 2009
    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 you anything about the movie actually.
    Megan S Super Reviewer
  • Apr 25, 2008
    Pauly Shore SHOULD be Dead!
    Sunil J Super Reviewer
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