colinmcsloy That may be damning this thing with faint praise. However, this is one of the funniest flicks I have seen in a while and I think it is an indication of the perverse nature of IMDb that it didn't rate higher. If this had been scripted by Charles Kaufman then all you sports jacket wearing mofo's would be worshipping like some kind of object of worship.Great performances, and the alternative ending on the DVD is even funnier than the one in the film. This gives you a real feeling that there is more to Pauly Shore than sub Bill and Ted Fare like Bio-dome and hopefully he will get some better projects as a result of this film.

msverbosity Pauly Shore is a terrific actor. He's not afraid to get out there and show what he has. Perhaps another type of role would better suit his gifts. (Like Tom Hanks moved further away from comedy and toward drama.) Viewers are quick to degrade those who have the money or avenues to pursue their dreams. If we are large enough to admit it, most of us have failed in one regard or another. Pauly brushed himself off and keeps on pursuing his dreams. He'll make another comeback sooner or later, yet the hecklers will continue because they'd prefer to do something negative rather than be positive and creative by pursuing their own dreams.

ebo202 I traded this DVD for an AOL Free Trial CD and I am better man for it. I would rather down a bottle of Ipecac than watch five minutes of this "movie" again. The whole thing is interviews with out-of-work, coked-out celebrities giving staged interviews about "What if" Pauly Shore was dead. The highlights of the film include the foul mouth stylings of Verne Troyer, bitter about being short and a slightly coherent and heavily drooling Tom Sizemore. If you feel so compelled to buy this movie, I recommend you send me the $6 this costs at Target and I'll be happy come over and put a plastic bag over your head for few minutes... I promise, the effect will be the same.

Knewsense78 PAULY SHORE IS DEAD will be liked by some and hated by many, i'm sure. I, however, having just watched this on Showtime's free preview weekend, liked this movie. Seems Pauly's career has gone down the toilet (who would of thought?) and Pauly starts being visited by the spirit of the late, great SAM KINISON (I ? the spelling) who gives Pauly...wait for it...advice. So, Pauly decides to fake his own death. He pulls this off by stealing the body of a dead man, dressing him to look like himself and shooting the guy in the head. After all, according to Pauly, he was already dead. Soon, the death of PAULY SHORE is news across the globe and Pauly is happy that he has stirred up some much needed publicity and so what if he had to be fake dead to get it. But, as things like this tend to do, his plan backfires and soon the talk across the globe is that Pauly faked his death. Needless to say, people aren't happy. I will stop right there with that. This movie is low budget at best but it is fun to watch. There are cameos aplenty. A quick example: CARROT TOP (great in this movie as the next big thing who actually buys Pauly's house and rubs it in his face because Pauly's broke), DR. DRE (according to him "Pauly had some good weed."), Britney SPEARS (who refers to Pauly as "the guy who was on MTV before she was born.") and there are more. This movie plays out like an E! TRUE Hollywood STORY that is quite interesting and funny. I've said enough.