Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

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

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:

gigolo | fish | aquarium | fish tank | norwegian | 

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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

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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:

1329 Carroll Avenue, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£471,216 (UK) (26 May 2000)

Gross:

£1,352,971 (UK) (9 June 2000)

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 William Forsythe's character

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Goofs

If the seals were weak in the new fish tank the whole side would simply separate. The glass would not shatter.

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Quotes

T.J. Hicks: Claire said Antoine's apartment was messed up, but I had no idea.
Deuce Bigalow: Claire?
T.J. Hicks: The hooker you ass-punched.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Brittany Murphy/Nelly (2002)

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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

inane but amusing comedy

While watching `Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,' you may well find yourself laughing out loud from time to time – and hating yourself for it afterwards. For this lame brained comedy, beyond being incredibly juvenile and silly in its comedic temperament, also manages to be as politically incorrect as possible, using as its targets the obese, the handicapped and an assortment of social outcasts and misfits. And, although the ribbing is generally quite good-natured and even affectionate at times, one can't help but feel a little guilty about laughing.

The formula for the film adheres very closely to the one employed by virtually all "Saturday Night Live" or "Second City" alumni in their initial forays into big screen comedies. Once again we have the usual bumbling nerd trying to win acceptance as a `cool dude,' making a shambles of everything he touches, yet ultimately managing to garner the respect of his peers and the love of a beautiful woman. Rob Schneider plays the title role, a professional fish tank cleaner who, through a complicated series of circumstances, finds himself delving into the realm of `man whore' in order to earn some much needed money. The stupidity of the premise and the situations cannot be underestimated as Schneider is put through a series of pratfalls, misunderstandings and verbal slugfests that are often quite amusing almost in spite of themselves. It takes either a certain amount of daring or a shocking degree of insensitivity (or perhaps a little of both) to line up a series of jokes and sight gags aimed at people who suffer from obesity, Tourettes Syndrome, Narcolepsy, blindness and limb amputation - but this film does it. Somehow, though, the film manages to treat its characters with such a genial fondness that it never seems particularly harsh or mean spirited. Whether or not that mitigates the feeling of guilt resulting from one's laughter must, finally, be a matter of personal conscience I suppose.

Schneider plays the lead in a nicely relaxed fashion, not succumbing to the hyperbolic mugging that so many comics are prone to indulge in when faced with similar roles. And what a pleasant surprise to encounter Marlo Thomas of all people in an uncredited cameo appearance – and still looking like a knockout in her sexy lingerie.

`Deuce Bigalow' may not sit well with the easily offended or with those who prefer their comedy to be of a bit more - um, shall we say - cerebral nature. Still, unabashed silliness makes for a fun time every now and then and, in that spirit, this film deserves to be seen.