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12/06/05
Pauly Shore is Dead (2004)
62 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 8 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 82 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 24, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: PAULY SHORE IS DEAD is a good idea both on paper and on film, a movie that answers the question "what ever happened to Pauly Shore?" with a satirical, sometimes self-deprecating, and often hilarious honesty. Tracing the rise of the comedic it-boy and his subsequent fall from favor, Pauly... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Pauly Shore, Eminem, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Paris Hilton
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1 - 13 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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.
03/11/05
the single joke wears paper-thin over its 80 mercifully short minutes
01/16/05
...the movie turns into a game of spot the cameo more than anything else.
01/05/05
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.
10/24/04
Shore's contempt extends well beyond himself to tar his fans and just about anyone who might be in the audience.
10/01/04
It works as a throwaway joke -- occasionally funny and often shamelessly tasteless. And it also helps if you like Shore.
09/17/04
A very funny, blatantly satirical and insolently honest look into the life of the former it boy.
09/07/04
A delightful surprise that’ll raise as many questions as it does bust guts.A very funny, blatantly satirical and insolently honest look into the life of the former it boy
02/04/04
Perhaps this will be the calling card that welcomes Shore back to fold... or maybe it’s just a suitable farewell.
01/06/04
While catching a Pauly Shore movie might rank somewhere slightly below self-tracheotomy on the To-Do lists of most people, I'm about to tell you something quietly shocking -- this is actually one of the funnier movies I've seen in a while.
03/26/03
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