Jury Duty (1995)

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The plot. The story is about a young man, Tommy (Pauly Shore) who lives with his mother and his dog in a trailer and enjoys being unemployed and pampered by his mother. One day he receives a jury duty call, but discards it right away as being a waste of time. When some time later Tommy's mother goes to Vegas to marry his stepfather, they take the trailer with them leaving Tommy and his dog homeless. Tommy decides to take part in jury duty and joins a jury for a lengthy trial, which means that the jury will be secluded in a hotel. He then makes a deal with the hotel manager for better accommodations and doesn't want the case with an obviously guilty verdict to end when the time comes for the jury to vote.

General thoughts. I watched this movie just because it is the last Pauly Shore movie I hadn't yet seen. This one was simply more difficult to come by than any of the others and being a long time fan of Pauly Shore I simply had to see this. I was not disappointed.
Now, I can't say that this movie is good, because it isn't, but then again none of Shore's movies actually are. What I love about his movies is his own character, which is very similar in all of his roles. This goofy dude with a weird sense of humor just appeals to me for some unexplained reason.
This movie is pretty much the very standard court-type plot. The main character takes part in a case, decides that the defendant is not guilty and then proceeds to convince other jurors of the defendants innocence. As a standard, there is a hot chick amongst the other jurors that is the first one to support the main character. I guess if you've seen one, you've seen them all. A good reference is Twelve Angry Men, also shown and quoted in this movie.
But this movie is good for everything but the standard and predictable plot. The Pauly Shore style of wacky comedy is the reason for watching this. Him and his dog. As Peanut the dog, they used a rather ugly looking Chihuahua, who was actually a really interesting character.

So, all in all, this is not a very good movie, but you'll like it, if you like Pauly Shore. I'd recommend this if you liked movies like Biodome and In The Army Now. If you don't like childish wacky humor, you will not like this. This is for Pauly Shore fans and this is not even the best one.

4/10 Flogs