Jury Duty (1995)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

John Fortenberry

Writers (WGA):

Barbara Williams (story) &
Samantha Adams (story) ...

Release Date:

12 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

For truth. For justice. For five bucks a day.

Plot:

When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day...

Plot Keywords:

Jury | Jury Duty | Stripper | Male Stripper | Attorney

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 20

10:00 AM

TBS

Cast

Pauly Shore	...	Tommy Collins
Tia Carrere	...	Monica
Stanley Tucci	...	Frank
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Harry
Abe Vigoda	...	Judge Powell
Charles Napier	...	Jed
Richard Edson	...	Skeets
Richard Riehle	...	Principal Beasely
Alex Datcher	...	Sarah
Richard T. Jones	...	Nathan
Sharon Barr	...	Libby Starling
Jack McGee	...	Murphy
Nick Bakay	...	Richard Hertz
Ernie Lee Banks	...	Ray
Shelley Winters	...	Mrs. Collins

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude sex-related humor.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Billie Bird's final theatrical performance.

Goofs:

Continuity: Frank's rubber gloves appear and disappear.

Quotes:

Tommy Collins: If a small taco is a taquito, then a small judge... must be a Judge Ito!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)

Soundtrack:

Heterosexual Man

This whole courtroom's out of order.

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.