Very disappointing...

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Instant Favorite.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Pauly Shore is one of my favorite comedians, and probably long forgotten about. Stoners in the nineties have turned into fast food workers who no longer know or need Pauly, and since he's milked his fifteen minutes of fame, no one really has followed the man himself since the late nineties most likely. Which is probably why he made this mockumentary faking his own death. Leave it to Pauly! Pauly Shore is Dead is just what it sounds like; Pauly Shore's career has taken a turn for the worst, and he is desperately begging his friend Kurt Loder, a more successful actor, for any role. Pauly begins to realize his purpose on this planet is none, and after getting some strangely morbid advice from Sam Kinison, Pauly fakes his death. This becomes a genius plan on his part because now he sees how the world reacts to him being dead. Surprisingly, everyone is sympathetic, and Pauly proves death is better than life itself.Along the way, Pauly captures the reactions of celebrities of music and film like Pam Anderson, Ja Rule, Chris Rock, Carrot Top, Kurt Loder, etc. The interviews are very humorous, and sometimes make me forget I'm watching a film about Pauly Shore. Todd Bridges also makes a very memorable, and humorous cameo. The stars make the film without a doubt.There isn't too much to say about this. I am a Pauly Shore fan, but it saddened me to watch him fake his own death. I enjoyed Bio-Dome and In the Army Now, and think there are far worse actors than Shore. He is rather funny in this film, and asks a very good/deep question in this film - "would you rather be a dead genius, or a living idiot?" Living idiot for myself.But obviously this will spawn a line of more mockumentaries by Shore. I think his VJ, MTV, stoner comedy movie days are over. That was clear by Pauly Shore's Adopted that came out a few years after this.Starring: Pauly Shore, Ashley L. Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Camille Anderson, Adam Sandler, Eminem, Charlie Sheen, Todd Bridges, and Ben Stiller. Directed by: Pauly Shore.

The screenplay, if one can call this one note monstrosity that, was written by Shore and some guy named Kirk Fox, yet it all smacks of being a vanity project, laced with bad one liners where the B listers try to recall who Shore was, after his 'death', then rail against him when exposed. You know you're film is in trouble when a supposedly funny scripted line by Chris Rock, 'No Pauly. {blank} you. Stay dead,' turns out to be the most genuine reaction to this film. My only consolation is that the DVD was cheap and this review will hopefully deter any other potential viewers from lining Shore's pockets. You have to take small victories wherever you can get them, sometimes.

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.

Well, it wasn't a total waste of time. Never before have I seen a movie with over 60 recognized celebrities and as many more that I probably would never recognize. It's like watching an awards show.Pauly Shore, with a splendid resume that includes such Razzie favorites as Encino Man, Jury Duty, and Bio-Dome, decides that he is better off dead. Only then does he get recognition. It is so much easier to say nice things about the dead.There are some laughs hers, and you get to see Pamela Anderson, but that's about it. Shore doesn't do much more in his directorial debut that he does in his films.