Bio-Dome

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Bio-Dome

PG-13

1996

1h 35m

Comedy

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Bud (Pauly Shore) and Doyle (Stephen Baldwin) get simultaneously dumped by their eco-conscious girlfriends, Monique (Joey Lauren Adams) and Jen (Teresa Hill), in the middle of the desert. Needing a bathroom, the two friends enter what they think is a mall but soon realize is a high-profile, secure biological experiment. As they engage in a year-long battle with Dr. Faulkner (William Atherton) and the other scientists, Bud and Doyle are forced to confront the recklessness of their behavior.

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Critics Consensus

Like its two obnoxious protagonists, this dreadfully unfunny Pauly Shore vehicle should remain separated from society.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: F

Sep 7, 2011

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John Anderson

Los Angeles Times

Despite the advances humankind has made since dragging itself out of the primordial ooze, Shore is a successful comedian.

Rated: 0.5/5

Aug 4, 2009

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Entertainment Weekly

Even with the low expectations any reasonable viewer brings to a Shore flick, this rates only stupid-plus.

Rated: C-

Aug 4, 2009

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Comedy is, I think, the most subjective of film genres, so I can only reflect my own opinion: Shore has a perverse talent to actively leave comedy less funny than when he found it.

Rated: 3/10

Aug 7, 2024

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

At one point, Pauly looks into the camera and says, ``Sometimes stupid can be pretty cool.'' Not this time, Pauly.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 22, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Shore captured the Razzie award for Worst Male Lead (tied with Tom Arnold) for his performance here.

Rated: .5/4.0

Sep 3, 2020

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Gabrielle T

vile and unfunny. Makes stupid men think they can treat women like they do in this movie and win us over. The two guys are too stupid for my taste in comedy

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Matt H

It's dumb, but it's a fun ride. It's best not to overthink it, or think at all while watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Alan g

Bio-dumb. Stoner movie or not. Unwatchable. Waste of time and money. I would give it no stars if I could.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Chris O

Don't these critics understand that this is supposed to be a STONER comedy?? Just because there're jokes in this movie that you don't understand, doesn't mean you should rate it so badly.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Kayden W

All these other reviews are bs. hilarious movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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B-Hole S

Remember the 90's, when only college students and scientists cared about the environment? When the premise of a movie didn't matter as long as it had Paulie Shore? Take me back to these simpler times! This movie is 95 minutes of montages and unintelligible dialog, and I don't care! I love it! This movie is not meant to be cinema, so just give yourself over to the stupidity, and have a good time. Everyone involved in making this movie clearly knew what it was, and they are in on the joke. They manage to cram 11 months of time passing, into the final 20 minutes of the movie. Expect 4th wall breaks, flashbacks to childhood, and a friendship on par with Dumb & Dumber. Put pretentiousness aside, and give yourself over to this movie for a cheesy good time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Jason Bloom

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Pauly Shore

Bud Macintosh

Stephen Baldwin

Doyle Johnson

William Atherton

Dr. Noah Faulkner

Joey Lauren Adams

Monique

Teresa Hill

Jen

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Synopsis

Bud (Pauly Shore) and Doyle (Stephen Baldwin) get simultaneously dumped by their eco-conscious girlfriends, Monique (Joey Lauren Adams) and Jen (Teresa Hill), in the middle of the desert. Needing a bathroom, the two friends enter what they think is a mall but soon realize is a high-profile, secure biological experiment. As they engage in a year-long battle with Dr. Faulkner (William Atherton) and the other scientists, Bud and Doyle are forced to confront the recklessness of their behavior.

Director: Jason Bloom
Producer: Brad Krevoy, Steven Stabler, Bradley Jenkel
Screenwriter: Kip Koenig, Scott Marcano
Production Co: Motion Picture Corporation of America, 3 Arts Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.2M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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