Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

An average aquarium cleaner house-sits for a gigolo, only to be forced to become one himself.

Director:

Mike Mitchell

Writers:

Harris Goldberg, Rob Schneider

Stars:

Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Fluisa
Amy Poehler	...	Ruth
Dina Platias	...	Bergita
Torsten Voges	...	Tina
Deborah Lemen	...	Carol
Bree Turner	...	Allison
Andrew Shaifer	...	Neil

Storyline

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he runs into a male gigolo who asks him to look after his precious fish while he is away on business. However, he wrecks the house and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer his hot on his trail.

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | bikini | red dress | girl in panties | blue panties | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and crude humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 December 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gigoló por accidente

Filming Locations:

E. Omega Ave. & S. Carl St. Anaheim, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,224,016, 12 December 1999

Gross USA:

$65,538,755

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$92,938,755

Company Credits

Production Co:

Happy Madison Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although spelled differently, the name "Berguita" (Kate's roommate) is a Spanish slang word for "little penis", this being referred several times by Detective Chuck Fowler (William Forsythe).

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Goofs

After Deuce and Kate leave the sushi restaurant, they walk to the end of the pier and he frees the fish that was going to be his meal. When he dumps the fish out of the bag into the "ocean," the splash is way too high and way too soon to have been the ocean below. The fish was dumped into a bucket or something held just below the camera line. Rob Schneider laughs visibly after this because the splash nearly hits him.

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Quotes

Deuce Bigalow: Where am I supposed to get six thousand dollars in three weeks?

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Scarlett Johansson/Death Cab for Cutie (2006)

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Soundtracks

I'm Not In Love
Written by Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
Performed by 10CC
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

User Reviews

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)