I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Beautiful, moving film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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).

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.

I could not get over how good this movie was. Witty, wild, and satirical, heavily so, all spectrums of humor. Incredibly self-mocking, with stories within stories, and no piece of the plot not mocked from within. A major wink towards most everything Hollywood, including himself. A truly brilliant film. From where, I dunno, cos I was not a fan at all of the earlier stuff he did for MTV and his movies, but this was a film that made me laugh, made me smirk, and made me nod my head in appreciation of the wit and satire of everything Hollywood. Every time he went the mocking of the serious, he went then do something sick; it was really well done. The cameos make it even more effective, and the performance by the actor from Deadwood, W. Earl Brown, was priceless. Bill Mahr and Ben Stiller were really funny, too, in their really limited but excellent cameos.It's interesting to read the polarized comments for this film here, and obviously, funny movies are a very subjective thing (what makes one person laugh, etc.), but I felt this relatively short movie was fast paced, extremely witty, and encompassed many "issues" relating to fame, egos, and careers in a very ficked up industry. - walkman

All I know is I watch a lot of television.That movie was as real as it gets,I love those type of movies when Hollywood can goof on their own group of people . Awesome job this time Pauly. Of course the cast too. It was all good.At 44 yrs. old with a freshman Daughter and a senior Son ready to graduate college. I feel I have a good pulse on what youngsters like. To bad the real talent isn't taken to the top rung. Keep up the awesome work Pauly.Of course You don't let the big guys influence you, which for anyone is an Admiral trait for a Man in Hollywood it's more than that, I only wish I had the ability to do the craft as well.You have a natural skill to be Yourself too, the true movie lovers will always need Guys like You to keep it Real!Sincerely Tom McClure