Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) USA
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Director:Mike Mitchell
Studio:Touchstone / Disney
Writer:Harris Goldberg, Rob Schneider
Rating:3.5 (91 votes)
Rated:R
ASIN:B00004TJMW
UPC:0717951009289
Price:$14.99
Awards:2 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:2000-06-20
IMDb:0205000
Duration:88
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English
Features:Making of "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo"
Mike Mitchell  ...  (Director)
Harris Goldberg, Rob Schneider  ...  (Writer)
 
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
Comments: He's not very good looking. But when the lights go out...he's still not very good looking.

Summary: "Saturday Night Live" alum and Adam Sandler sidekick Rob Schneider plays the title character of "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo", a miserable fish-tank cleaner who stumbles onto a new and different lifestyle when he looks after the fish of a high-priced male prostitute (Oded Fehr from "The Mummy"). Deuce teams up with a man-pimp (Eddie Griffin), gets harassed by a crazed cop (William Forsythe), and of course falls in love with a cute client (Arija Bareikis). The nonsensical plot is festooned with gags about wet T-shirts, foul-mouthed senior citizens, flatulence, Tourette's syndrome, narcolepsy, and just about everything else you might imagine. More surprising is that, by and large, the movie works. It's a combination of bad taste and goodheartedness, similar to "There's Something About Mary", which "Deuce Bigalow" is clearly emulating. It's not the pat "people should learn to accept themselves for who they are" theme or the formulaic happy ending; it's that the movie understands that sex is not the same thing as happiness or contentment. For all its crassness, "Deuce Bigalow" actually treats its characters as people, and the result is silly, obnoxious, and enjoyable. "--Bret Fetzer"