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Redundant and unnecessary.

I wanted to but couldn't!

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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.

First, this movie isn't supposed to be an Oscar contender. Second, it's still a Pauly Shore movie, even if it's not like any other Pauly Shore movie. I really think the negative reviews of this movie were from people putting it on a pedestal before even watching it, expecting it to be extremely artsy, a biting satire on Hollywood or whatever other pretentious reasons they could come up with to hate the movie when it failed to play out like their fantasy they came up with simply by looking at the box and title.It's not a bad movie. It's not a great movie, but it's got plenty of humor in it, both clever Hollywood in-jokes (with lots of celebrities making fun of themselves along with Pauly) and simple toilet humor. I really think all the 'film school dropouts' need to sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is, not for what it isn't. It's a Pauly Shore movie that doesn't play like a typical Pauly Shore movie, nothing more nothing less. And if you didn't like other Pauly Shore movies, you should at least still give it a shot because of this. Just don't expect it cure cancer or feed hungry children. It's still a Pauly Shore movie.

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).

Sometimes death is the best thing to happen to an artist or other people with potential fame and admiration. For centuries, figures from Vincent Van Gogh to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Michael Jackson have been elevated to greater heights, or have become more appreciated, because they are no longer on this earth. All their faults become virtually forgotten or forgiven, and their strengths, or the reasons they became famous in the first place, come quickly to the public's consciousness. The exceptions to this rule perhaps include serial killers.Pauly Shore, in his directorial debut (if that fact doesn't scare you away from this film already), had this idea in mind when he made the mockumentary "Pauly Shore Is Dead". In it, Shore plays himself, and fakes his own death for the sole purpose of getting free publicity and a new appreciation. Unfortunately, Shore gives very little reason why he would be idolized to the extent of John Belushi or Sam Kinison after he dies. This movie is probably his strongest work so far, but that's really not saying much.Shore starts the movie out by giving a brief synopsis of his life and career, while not being shy to admit that his mother, Mitzi Shore, owned the Comedy Store, where many legendary comedians from Andy Kaufmann to Jim Carrey to Sam Kinison got their big breaks. This family connection contributed to his fame during the 90's, but admittedly wasn't the sole contributor. No doubt, for a few years in the 90's, Shore was a major movie star. Siskel & Ebert thought he was the anti-Christ (check out atthemoviestv.com, type in Shore's name, and see for yourself. It's pretty funny.), but he still made comedies that were modest hits.After 1997, Shore's career crashed and burned. This is where the synopsis ends and the movie begins, shortly after Pauly Shore's sitcom "Pauly" (originally aired on Fox) premieres. Needless to say, the show was a flop. In the movie, Shore blames the sitcom itself for his ultimate demise, and doesn't appear to acknowledge that maybe his "Hey buuuddy!" dumb guy shtick may have gotten old after a while.No matter, though, Shore whines his way through the rest of the movie, making no real attempt to revive his career or even (God forbid!) reinvent himself. It's only through a meeting with the ghost of Sam Kinison (by a really good Kinison impersonator who's so good, you'd think Kinison himself faked his death) that Shore decides to revive his career by killing himself, or at least pretending to do so.He receives the vast media attention he wanted, with his picture on magazine covers and interviews with celebrities (all of whom play themselves in more cameos than you can shake a stick at) saying what a misunderstood genius Shore was. Since Michael Jackson died recently as of the date this review is written, these kinds of post-death accolades are very familiar. Ultimately, though, Shore is caught, and is sent to jail for reasons not explained very well in the film. People who fake their death don't go to jail unless there's insurance fraud involved. There was no mention of insurance in this movie, although that would have been an intriguing plot point.Unfortunately, Shore didn't think the premise all the way through before shooting. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of things he didn't think through before shooting. For instance, in a scene that takes place in 1997, a bus pulls in front of Shore that has a poster on it for the movie "Resident Evil", which came out in 2002!More than that, though, since Shore has been out of the A-list spotlight for a decade now, you never know how much of this movie is fact or fiction. Of course Shore's career fizzled after 1997, but did he really lose his house? Did he really move back in with his mother?It would have been nice for Shore to establish these facts, and be a little bit more honest about how losing a career sucks. He could have made an honest, funny movie rooted in truth, but really blinded that ambition with a premise he couldn't handle, a boatload of celebrity cameos (almost too many unnecessary ones), and really annoying egomania that I'm not sure was supposed to be funny.A recurring line you hear a lot during the movie is when Shore approaches a famous friend (like Charlie Sheen or Vern "Minime" Troyer, who play themselves) and asks them, "Is there a part in the movie for me? (**Insert Long, Noticeable Pause Here**) Dude, is there a part in the movie for me!?!" Did Shore think this was funny? Had he not heard of an agent? Is he really as dumb in real life as he was in "In The Army Now"?This movie, which could have been refreshingly funny, is guilty of too many assumptions. One such part is when Shore, while in jail, is put into the hole and has a clairvoyant conversation with Adam Sandler (who provided his own voice in this movie). Both comedians contemplate about how they made the same kinds of movie, played the same kinds of stupid people, yet Sandler is still a high commodity and Shore isn't.Although some people loved Sandler during his "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" days and hate him now, Sandler's still famous because he grew up. Sure he's made some bad movies, but if he kept playing the same kind of character as Billy Madison, his career would be equally as dead.What Shore assumes (I assume) is that playing the same character over and over again would reap many rewards. Either he assumes that, or his self in the movie assumes that. There's no clear distinction, and that's really what hurts the movie the most.