Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Mike Bigelow

Writers (WGA):

Harris Goldberg (characters) &
Rob Schneider (characters) ...

Release Date:

12 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

For the women of Europe... The price of love just got a lot cheaper.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Gigolo | Dolphin | Serial Killer | Pimp | Fart

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

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
Topper	...	Lil' Kim
Elisabetta Canalis	...	Lady in Castle
Hilton Myburgh	...	Diego Verga

Also Known As:

Deuce Bigalow 2: Destination Amsterdam (USA) (working title)
Deuce Bigalow: Electric Gigolo (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:15 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #41003) | Ireland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 | Philippines:R-13 (cinema release) | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Iceland:14 | Finland:K-15 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Norway:15 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Disney had originally distributed Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) but passed on the sequel. 'Adam Sandler' who produced the first film as the first one under his production company Happy Madison, then moved the project to Sony for distribution.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Deuce and Lily are on a date, Deuce offers to light Lily's cigarette and Lily replies by saying "Thank you," but there was no voice-box on her throat.

Quotes:

T.J. Hicks: What is that? That is not a dick in my hand. Anybody got some antibacterial gel? I got burnt dick on my hand.

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

Soundtrack:

She's a Beauty

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.