Jury Duty (1995)

best movie i've ever seen.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

Jury Duty not only stalls the fictional trial it's based around, but it too seems like it stalls the flow and speed of the film. It's like we have to wait so the movie can catch up. If you've seen detective, mystery, criminal, or investigations shows this shouldn't be very difficult to piece together. I was able to point out the suspicious one, and come to a consensus on the trial in about forty minutes. Not a very complex film.Once more, we have Pauly Shore, who's fine in this film. I didn't adore him in this film, and it does not come close to the humor brought to us in Bio-Dome. I think In the Army Now is better than this as well. Jury Duty doesn't exceed the average/below average qualities it should to be unique or special. It does exactly what it's expected to do. Like a little kid on his way to the market because his parents said so. He walks straight to the market, and straight back. Doesn't stop and chat, doesn't smell the daisies, and doesn't lollygag. Nothing out of his expectations.Pauly Shore is lovable loser Tommy Collins who is in desperate need of money and a job. He is stuck at his parent's house with his dog Peanut, and his dignity deteriorating day by day. Tommy is called on jury duty, and like everything else in his life, he's hesitate on following through with it. Until he learns that the duty pays $5 a day, and there's a hotel in it for him as well. A few hours of sitting and listening to go back to a hotel, all for $5 a day? Why not? As you would imagine, Tommy doesn't want to give this up. He meets a sexy juror (Tia Carrere) who he is friendly too, but she wants nothing to do with him. Tommy gets the idea that if he continues to stall the trial, by voting "not guilty" every time, he can pretty much get $5 a day for doing nothing but expressing his false opinion. Ingenious! The film has taking a good beating by Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and Leonard Maltin. I enjoy Pauly Shore, but didn't find this film too funny. Some parts I smiled or laughed, but as a comedy, it greatly fails at it's job - to make the audience laugh. If a comedy doesn't make the audience laugh, it's practically as lifeless as a soap opera drama. Just characters with no purpose.To date, this is the worst Pauly Shore film I've seen. Too bad. This could've been a very enjoyable film, but the film just doesn't feel like trying to be original. It just thinks that it can get by by being the simplest it can possibly be without failing. If only the film would experience a little, and realize it's a comedy film where possibilities are endless, it's critical and audience reception wouldn't be so sour.Starring: Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray, Shelley Winters, Abe Vigoda, and Billie Bird. Directed by: John Fortenberry.

I am sure that there is someone out there in movie audiences that like Pauly Shore. I mean, he has to have made something worth watching, right? Well, it certainly wasn't this movie. Except for Tia Carrere, there really isn't anything to see here.The concept is innovative, I have to admit. Made homeless, he gets on jury duty in a murder case to get sequestered, and he keeps the jury going (Spoof of 12 Angry Men?)to keep a roof over his head. But even the murderer (Sean Whalen) gets irritated. I got irritated long before that.Well, let's just wait for the next Pauly Shore venture with American Idol, Ruben Studdard. I am sure it will be as good as this one.

Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I have always found Pauly Shore to be a mildly funny guy. Apparently I'm one of the few people in the world who thinks so since he no longer has a film career. There was, however, a time in 1990s where Pauly Shore did have a film career and a moderately successful one that. A year before the awful BIO-DOME ended his film career, there was JURY DUTY, possibly the only comedy from the 1990s that is hated as much as BIO-DOME. Currently, JURY DUTY holds a 3.5 user rating here on IMDb, which is undeserved in my opinion. I'm willing to bet half the people that voted a 1 for this movie have never even seen it. They simply voted it a 1 because they are one of the millions of Pauly Shore haters in the world. As I said before, I find him to be somewhat funny, which is probably why I enjoy the film to a certain extent. It's pretty funny for what it is. I enjoy the premise and the energy of the film. It's not a great comedy by any means, but it has some good laughs and Pauly Shore is likable in the lead role. Besides, any movie with Tia Carrere is okay in my book. It's not Pauly Shore's best work, though its passable fun entertainment. Highlights included the opening scene at the strip club and the "penis, penis, penis" scene. My rating: 5/10

I can't understand why there are so many poor reviews of this movie. And some to say that this is the worst movie Pauley Shore has ever done. I've seen it about a million times, and I think it is just as hilariois nearly every time I see it. And, sure Pauley Shore's most classic movie may forever be Son in Law, but com'mon, I do not think this is the worse thing he's ever done.Jury Duty is largely a parody of Twelve Angry Men, and ...And Justice for All. Tommy Collin's (Shore) mom and her soon-to-be husband take their trailor and head off to Vegas for a quickie marriage. So, unemployed Tommy, in need of a place to stay, finds an opportunity for an extended stay at a luxury suite while serving jury duty on a high profile murder trial. The suspect is "Drive Thru Killer," Carl Wayne Bishop (Whalen), and now his fate is to be determined by eleven jurors who just want to vote him guilty and go home, and one juror (Tommy) who wants to prolong the jury sequestering as long as he can. Eventually, it turns into a parody of Twelve Angry Men when Tommy, trying to prove Carl Wayne Bishop's innocence, must find a way to prove to the other jurors that reasonable doubt exists. If you know Pauley Shore, you know that going to be no easy task, but it is also going to be a hilarious endeavor. And the supporting cast of jurors are just as funny as they become ever more irritable as it seems like a verdict is never going to be reached, especially Richard Edson and Sean Whalen.So why all the negative reviews? It is such a stupid story, so stupid that it is funny. And it is Pauley Shore, doing what Pauley Shore does best, acting like a total nut and having a blast doing it. For a load of laughs and a waste of some time, Jury Duty is not a bad choice.