
For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of penicillin; more recently they have hosted rock concerts and sent plane loads of grain. And in the last decade of the 20th century they arrived and took babies home with them. First there was Angelina, then Madonna, and now...Pauly Shore... (Full plot summary below)
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For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of penicillin; more recently they have hosted rock concerts and sent plane loads of grain. And in the last decade of the 20th century they arrived and took babies home with them. First there was Angelina, then Madonna, and now...Pauly Shore! The film builds its comedy foundation on the international interest in Celebrity Adoptions, and the debate that surrounds these transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. Sometimes politically incorrect and never scared to tread on manicured toes.
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| Filmcritic.comJosh BellThe entire film is full of lazy, mean-spirited gags that say nothing about the admittedly ripe-for-satire target of celebrity adoptions. |
| User ReviewJason KI was surprised to see that Pauly Shore was coming out with a new movie, but being the adventurous person that I am, I thought I would check it out. I had some time to waste, so I watched it online with Netflix and really liked it! I wasn't a huge fan of 'Pauly Shore Is Dead', but I did like Pauly's earlier films (Encino Man, Son-in-Law etc.), and I'm now a fan of this movie! If you have some free time and are looking for something funny check out 'Adopted'. I was pleasantly surprised! Good job Pauly! |
| User ReviewJ LThis movie was so funny. Omg "she had the body of beyonce and the head of a midget." |
| User ReviewAnthony Tit was interesting to watch but def could have been better. Pauly Shore is the man |
| User ReviewJay BThese mockumentaries are a sweet little change of pace for a slapstick actor who has long been wasting his time. |
| User ReviewEd MNaturally, when I saw that Pauly Shore had a new movie, I had to watch it. I've always found Shore to be insanely funny at times. However, here, his mockumentary about getting his own adopted child from Africa is an unfunny mess. The film relies on one gag for it's entire almost 90 minute run, "Angelina and Madonna have one, so now Pauly's getting one". Over the course of this film, I heard this said probably two dozen times. Sure I know Mr. Shore's playing things here for laughs, but a lot of it I just found unfunny and boring at times. And I was reminded during most of it that Pauly Shore really shouldn't have a kid. Five years ago, Shore showed much promise with his short lived show "Minding the Store". However here he just takes a giant step backwards into the territory of being not funny. Skip it. |
| User ReviewAdam RMay have been better if It was nearly as funny as it was meant to be. |
| User ReviewJacob BPauly Shore being himself in Africa. There are a few funny jokes but it's not even really worth a rental. |
| User ReviewJosh BHas its moments. Thankfully it's a mockumentary in every way. |
| User ReviewT LThe box says "Inappropriate at times", that's an understatement. Seriously I think I might have nightmares about what it's like to have Pauly Shore as a father. He does call himself the creepy unkle, but I"m not so sure he realizes how true that is. He's too much of a child himself to be in charge of anyone else. You really only have a morbid curiosity while watching this movie regarding the question, is he actually going to adopt these kids or is he just toying with their emotions. It's slow, and stupid, he actually spends about ten minutes of the film is South Africa at some Oprah school bothering the guards about if Oprah has actually been there and blah blah blah. Don't expect it to be as good as Good Hair, because that one was planned out. It's almost as if Pauly woke up one and and slapped together a crew and decided to film, and it does seem that way. Most of the film is his blunders because he can't figure out how to get anyone to talk on camera, because he never bothered to get concent before hand. |