Pauly Shore died and got the most press that he’s gotten in a long time so it comes as no surprise that he decided to do a follow up. Well, he really didn’t die but made a movie about his apparent demise. It may have been his career that croaked from the look of things.
If you’re a fan of Pauly Shore then prepare for Nirvana, if you’re not then prepare for the longest forty-five minutes of your life. In 2003 Pauly Shore died. Well, not exactly he produced a direct to video film about himself faking his death and informing various celebs of his untimely passing.
He now returns as writer, producer, and director of this next direct to video attempt at again revitalizing that career. This film is a series of sketches that are supposed to be funny, but only occasionally hit the mark and more than likely miss by a wide margin (again this may depend on your tolerance for the writer, director, producer of the DVD). Shore engages in a series of sketches with his special guest stars.
These include Vivica A. Fox, Steven Bauer, T-Pain, Ruben Stoddard, and Charlie Murphy. The sketches are really pretty low. Shore impersonates the dimwitted brother of Ashton Kutcher and does his own version of Punk’d called Spunk’d. He uses Charlie Murphy to fool a valet parking guy but the whole thing seems a little too mean spirited. Shore and Steven Bauer reenact a scene from Scarface and Shore is no Al Pacino and Bauer is looking awful long in the tooth.
He pulls a prank on T-Pain using his own girlfriend, a model named Jewel, and has her prance around in front of the rapper naked when he leaves the room. Again, this feels rather degrading to use your gal this way but she doesn’t seem to mind and T-Pain doesn’t mind looking. The mildly amusing bit has Shore comparing himself to John McEnroe, who at forty he somewhat resembles.
Fans of the Weeeeeezel get a dose of a reality show (Flavor of Weiz) where the Weasel is in a house with some hotties and choosing one for his very own. However, the ladies would rather not have anything to do with him and the winner has her own final exit. All of the proceedings have some cuts to some of Shore’s standup.
Natural Born Komics is presented in fullscreen. Special features include the 17-minute “Diarrhea of Pauly Shore” which is a making of featurette. There are also 26 minutes of deleted scenes and bloopers.
The “Miami” on the end of the title makes me worry that this isn’t going to be the last time that Shore unleashes his form of comedy on the DVD marketplace. If you loved his comedy then you’ll want to see this one. If you’re with the majority and didn’t – then stay away.
Pauly Shore’s Natural Born Komics Sketch Comedy Movie: Miami is now available at Amazon . As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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