Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Mike Mitchell

Writers (WGA):

Harris Goldberg (written by) &
Rob Schneider (written by)

Release Date:

10 December 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

He's not very good looking. But when the lights go out...he's still not very good looking.

Plot:

A man becomes a male gigolo after being mistaken for one while housesitting a male gigolo's house.

Plot Keywords:

Gigolo | Fish | Fish Tank | Aquarium | Prostitution

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Rob Schneider	...	Deuce Bigalow
William Forsythe	...	Detective Chuck Fowler
Eddie Griffin	...	T.J. Hicks
Arija Bareikis	...	Kate
Oded Fehr	...	Antoine Laconte
Gail O'Grady	...	Claire
Richard Riehle	...	Bob Bigalow
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Elaine Fowler
Big Boy	...	Jabba
Amy Poehler	...	Ruth
Dina Platias	...	Bergita
Torsten Voges	...	Tina
Deborah Lemen	...	Carol
Bree Turner	...	Allison
Andrew Shaifer	...	Neil

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language and crude humor.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #37133) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:18 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Denmark:7 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Germany:12 | Hungary:14 | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Angel Stadium of Anaheim - 2000 Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

Happy Madison Productions

Trivia:

When Deuce first meets Antoine and sees his weapon collection, Deuce says "I collect Canadian quarters...I got about six of them". After his first "job" when he goes to the bar, his bill totals to $11.50. He gives the bartender "Ten, and six quarters", presumably his Canadian quarter collection and total take from his first "job".

Goofs:

Continuity: When T.J. and Deuce are going through and looking at each one of the fish in the miscellaneous containers, they come across one fish lying on the bottom, which has a toy scuba diver sitting near it. The scuba diver changes positions in relation to the fish several times between shots.

Quotes:

T.J. Hicks: I prefer to think of myself as more of a...male madame. That didn't come out right.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41 (#30.10)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Come On, Come On

Tasteless, but often very funny and sometimes hilarious

Let's see...you're watching a movie starring and co-written by Rob Schneider. You're obviously not expecting something with depth and plausibility. But he is a talented comedian, and anyone who is an avid SNL fan has seen Rob perform some very funny skits. He's not Milton Berle, but he has that mindlessly funny comic energy that frequently works.

"Deuce Bigalow" is a film almost aimed at ticking off critics. Not all audiences will find the crude gags funny, but others--preferably those who can let go of their inhibitions for an hour and a half--will have tons of laughs. The subplot involving Deuce's father as a bathroom attendant is pretty cheap. It's an obvious setup for scatological gags. One of them involving a scene in which Deuce is having a pleasant man-to-man talk with his Dad while you can hear the groans of someone in one of the stalls loudly...relieving himself made me roll with laughter. I wouldn't call it a priceless gag, but you don't always have to aim high with comedy. If it's funny, it's funny. If you laughed, you laughed.

Just like any Farrelly Brothers movie, there are gags involving physical handicaps like obesity, narcolepsy and Turrett's Syndrome. However, the jokes are executed in such a broad manner that no one--even ones with any of those disorders--shouldn't be offended.

Naturally, some will hate this movie, some will like this movie, some will love this movie. In my mind, if it's a comedy and I'm laughing--what other factors should I be looking for?

My score: 7 (out of 10)