Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)

Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring by T.J., only in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

Director:

Mike Bigelow

Writers:

Harris Goldberg (characters), Rob Schneider (characters),

Stars:

Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Jeroen Krabbé

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Schneider	...	Deuce Bigalow
Eddie Griffin	...	T.J. Hicks
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Gaspar Voorsboch
Til Schweiger	...	Heinz Hummer
Douglas Sills	...	Chadsworth Buckingham, III
Carlos Ponce	...	Rodrigo
Charles Keating	...	Gian-Carlo
Hanna Verboom	...	Eva
Alex Dimitriades	...	Enzo Giarraputo
Kostas Sommer	...	Assapopoulos Mariolis
Federico Dordei	...	Mahmoud
Oded Fehr	...	Antoine Laconte
Tony Fish	...	Lil' Kim (as Topper)
Elisabetta Canalis	...	Lady in Castle
Hilton Myburgh	...	Diego Verga

Storyline

Deuce Bigalow ('Rob Schneider' ) goes to Amsterdam after a little accident including two irritating kids and a bunch of aggressive dolphins. There he meets up with his old friend TJ Hicks ('Eddie Griffin' ). But a mysterious killer starts killing some of Amsterdams finest gigolos and TJ is mistaken for the extremely gay murderer. Deuce must enter the gigolo industry again to find the real murderer and clear TJs name.

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Plot Keywords:

gigolo | dolphin | serial killer | pimp | tourist | 

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Taglines:

Same ho. New low.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong crude and sexual humor, language, nudity and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Dutch

Release Date:

12 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deuce Bigalow 2: Destination Amsterdam

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$40,758 (South Africa) (4 November 2005)

Gross:

$278,789 (South Africa) (11 November 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Happy Madison Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jean van de Velde declined the offer to direct this film.

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Goofs

While the group of man-whores are leaving the stage at the final awards ceremony, you can see over Deuce's shoulder that the stage is emptied of all but one or two characters. In the next wide-shot immediately following, the stage is once again full, and everyone again starts to run off of the stage.

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Quotes

T.J. Hicks: I'm in blackface. It's my disguise. See?
Deuce Bigalow: But you look the same.
T.J. Hicks: Are you saying black people all look the same? You are such a racist! I should have the good mind not to let you help me prove that I'm innocent.

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Connections

References Jaws (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Autobahn"
Written and Performed by Peter McEvilley (Peas)
Courtesy of Orange Table Entertainment

User Reviews

Made in Holland and Made for Holland

Some of the comments here about this movie say that this movie is depicting the Netherlands wrongly. Drugs, prostitution and naked weather(wo)men. How crude!

I think this movie is a cute spoof on the Netherlands. Of course we don't have naked weatherwomen (unfortunately), but indeed we have coffee-shops which are very much unlike Starbucks, and although the legal status of prostitution is vague, it's not prohibited in certain areas in the country and indeed the prostitutes do pay taxes and have a health care plan. So in a sense it's true, albeit a bit over the top - for amusement value.

The movie shows some nice areas of the country, like the windmills, old cobblestone streets and canals. And it has a huge slew of famous and not-so-famous Dutch celebrities, which actually makes this movie fun to watch for a Dutchman! In fact, I think Dutch moviegoers would rate this movie higher than an American would do, as the latter might not get the tongue in cheek humor depicted within. Americans may even be offended at how the war in Iraq is mentioned by a Frenchman, and the aggression against people waving an American flag, sending out a political stab by Mr. Schneider.

There is much eye for detail, like the shirts Deuce is wearing, or the fact that he calls Eva 'ay-va' as the Dutch would do, the fun with the street name ('Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal', notorious in Holland for its red-light district) and the names and phone-numbers in the little black book (DVD freeze frame).

So, being Dutch myself, I found this flick pretty amusing!

PS. the cover of the Dutch version DVD is much more appropriate, showing an Amsterdam pavement divider post ('Amsterdammertje') instead of the Italian (!?) Leaning Tower of Pisa.