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Adopted is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Pauly Shore released in USA on 1 january 2009 with Pauly Shore
Adopted (2009)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 2009
Length 1h20
Directed by Pauly Shore
OriginUSA
Themes Films about children
Rating43%
Adopted is a 2009 American independent film starring comedian Pauly Shore. It is a mockumentary "in which [Pauly] plays himself going to Africa to adopt a child, à la Madonna and Angelina Jolie." The film marks Shore's third turn as a writer, director, and producer.
^ Nathan Rabin (June 21, 2010). "Pauly Shore". The AV Club. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
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According to Dan Persons of The Huffington Post, Pauly follows in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie and Madonna, travelling to South Africa to snag himself one of those highly coveted, third-world orphans. If that doesn't sound to you like a particularly good idea, well, you'd be right: The film puts the comedian on a fast-track to international incident, showing him blundering through the adoption process by, amongst other faux pas, greeting one kid Jacko-style in facemask and rubber gloves, abandoning another on a mountaintop in order to chase after a hot local and, most death-defying of all, baiting the most fearsome of world powers by trying to crash the Oprah school.—Dan Persons, The Huffington Post, June 15, 2010Actors
Pauly Shore
(Pauly Shore)
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