sometimes death be the best thing to happen to an artist or other people with potential fame and admiration . for century and figure from vincent van gogh to martin luther king and jr. to michael jackson have be elevate to great height and or have become more appreciated and because they be no longer on this earth . all their fault become virtually forgotten or forgive and and their strength and or the reason they become famous in the first place and come quickly to the public consciousness . the exception to this rule perhaps include serial killer . pauly shore and in his directorial debut ( if that fact doesn not scare you away from this film already ) and have this idea in mind when he make the mockumentary pauly shore be dead . in it and shore play himself and and fake his own death for the sole purpose of get free publicity and a new appreciation . unfortunately and shore give very little reason why he would be idolize to the extent of john belushi or sam kinison after he die . this movie be probably his strong work so far and but that really not say much . shore start the movie out by give a brief synopsis of his life and career and while not be shy to admit that his mother and mitzi shore and own the comedy store and where many legendary comedian from andy kaufmann to jim carrey to sam kinison get their big break . this family connection contribute to his fame during the 90 and but admittedly wasn not the sole contributor . no doubt and for a few year in the 90 and shore be a major movie star . siskel and ebert think he be the anti christ ( check out atthemoviestv . com and type in shore name and and see for yourself . it pretty funny . ) and but he still make comedy that be modest hit . after 1997 and shore career crash and burn . this be where the synopsis end and the movie begin and shortly after pauly shore sitcom pauly ( originally air on fox ) premier . needless to say and the show be a flop . in the movie and shore blame the sitcom itself for his ultimate demise and and doesn not appear to acknowledge that maybe his hey buuuddy . dumb guy shtick may have get old after a while . no matter and though and shore whine his way through the rest of the movie and make no real attempt to revive his career or even ( god forbid . ) reinvent himself . it only through a meeting with the ghost of sam kinison ( by a really good kinison impersonator who so good and you would think kinison himself fake his death ) that shore decides to reinvent his career by kill himself and or at least pretend to . he receive the vast medium attention he want and with his picture on magazine cover and interview with celebrity ( all of whom play themselves in more cameo than you can shake a stick at ) say what a misunderstood genius shore be . since michael jackson die recently a of the date this review be write and these kind of post death accolade be very familiar . ultimately and though and shore be catch and and be send to jail for reason not explain very well in the film . people who fake their death do not go to jail unless there insurance fraud involve . there be no mention of insurance in this movie and although that would have be an intriguing plot point . unfortunately and shore do not think the premise all the way through before shoot . a a matter of fact and there be a lot of thing he do not think through before shoot . for instance and in a scene that take place in 1997 and a bus pull in front of shore that have a poster on it for the movie resident evil and which come out in 2002. more than that and though and since shore have be out of the a list spotlight for a decade now and you never know how much of this movie be fact or fiction . of course shore career fizzle after 1997 and but do he really lose his house . do he really move back in with his mother . it would have be nice for shore to establish these fact and and be a little bit more honest about how lose a career suck . he could have make an honest and funny movie root in truth and but really blind that ambition with a premise he couldn not handle and a boatload of celebrity cameo ( almost too many unnecessary one ) and and really annoy egomania that i be not sure be suppose to be funny . a recur line you hear a lot during the movie be when shore approach a famous friend ( like charlie sheen or vern minime troyer and who play themselves ) and ask them and be there a part in the movie for me . ( insert long and noticeable pause here ) dude and be there a part in the movie for me . do shore think this be funny . have he not hear of an agent . be he really a dumb in real life a he be in in the army now . this movie and which could have be refreshingly funny and be guilty of too many assumption . one such part be when shore and while in jail and be put into the hole and have a clairvoyant conversation with adam sandler ( who provide his own voice in this movie ) . both comedian contemplate about how they make the same kind of movie and play the same kind of stupid people and yet sandler be still a high commodity and shore isn not . although some people love sandler during his billy madison and happy gilmore day and hate him now and sandler still famous because he grow up . sure he make some bad movie and but if he keep play the same kind of character a billy madison and his career would be equally a dead . what shore assumes ( i assume ) be that play the same character over and over again would reap many reward . either he assume that and or his self in the movie assume that . there no clear distinction and and that really what hurt the movie the most .