When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | ... | Mom | |
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When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself. Written by Steve Derby <sderby@sdeco.com>
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For truth. For justice. For five bucks a day.Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
12 April 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Chaos! Schwiegersohn Junior im Gerichtssaal See more »Filming Locations:
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$17,014,653Company Credits
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Written by Steve Ballard
Performed by Blackfish
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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The cars passing by the bus don't match up between shots of the bus driver and Tommy on the intercom. See more »Quotes
Tommy Collins: [Upon finding his jury summons in the dumpster] Aha! Court is now in session.See more »
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Check It OutWritten by Steve Ballard
Performed by Blackfish
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There is a scene early on in "Jury Duty" when Pauly Shore stands on a bus and imitates a town tour guide. It is obvious that this scene was written to showcase Pauly Shore's comedic talents, however, he makes noises and is loud and generally obnoxious and unfunny.
"Jury Duty" is the point where Pauly Shore officially abused his stay in movies. After this movie, he would forever be sanctioned to the lunch table in the corner with the smelly kid, Carrot Top and the Noid from the Dominoes commercials. But not until he showed the world his versatility in Bio-Dome.
Jury Duty is bad. Not bad like "In the Army Now," but close. There is little originality to the script, no amusing characters and about four funny lines. I did enjoy the scene where the witnesses from restaurants give testimonies in their respective fast food uniforms. There isn't much else here. It just isn't funny.
Shore also lacks the wit his idiotic leading men contemporaries like Adam Sandler and Chris Farley showed in the 90s. These were all, more or less, bad versions of Steve Martin's wonderful "Jerk" character. All Shore shows in this movie is that he has the talent to bug you.
Of course, not all the blame can be put on his shoulders. He has no script to work with. Nothing. I don't know why Stanley Tucci thought this movie would be good for him and or how the studio blackmailed him into being in it.
I remembered both "Encino Man" and "Son in Law" were kind of funny in a stupid way. "Jury Duty " on the other hand is stupid in a very unfunny way.