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

Color:

Color (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:

In the scene where Deuce is walking with the tall women and the phrase "freak" is shouted, the speaker of that line is actually 'Adam Sandler'. Other than being a producer, it's his only "credit" in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Deuce starts to kiss the girls prosthetic leg it has no knee joint, but when it comes off it has a flexible knee joint.

Quotes:

Ruth: BALL-HAIR!
Deuce Bigalow: Yeah, ball-hair, what we need is a strike here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

You Sexy Thing

I Have To Admit I Enjoyed This

I hate to admit this but I liked this movie, at least the first time I saw it. Yes, it's crass, crude, stupid and whatever but it's generally likable and a funny movie in many spots.

Rob Schneider does a fine job playing this amiable loser. Several scenes are just laugh-out-loud funny. The female interest, Arija Bareikis, is not someone I was familiar with but I liked her wholesome looks. William Forsythe plays the villain and, of course, he's over-the-top. The film had a nice soundtrack, a lot of familiar rock tunes.

As with most modern comedies, this gets carried and a little stupid at the end but, overall the film is good low-grade fun (and I mean "low grade!")