Plot
Yet another Saturday Night Live alumnus makes his bid for big-screen success as Rob Schneider, best remembered as the "Making copies!" guy, tackles his first leading role in this broad comedy. Deuce (Rob Schneider) earns a meager living as a professional fish tank cleaner until he's asked to housesit for a gigolo. Deuce mistakenly answers the gigolo's business phone and finds himself having sex with a woman he's never met and getting paid for it (not a bad deal, since women generally avoid Deuce like the Ebola virus). It's not long before Deuce learns that there's more to selling your body than one might expect: for example, being re-styled by your pimp or having to explain your new source of income when the owner of the house gets home. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo was the first feature film produced by Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison; Sandler himself makes a cameo appearance, while Oded Fehr, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, and Marlo Thomas highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, RoviReview
The Adam Sandler school of comedy may be considered absurdly lowbrow, but it is still astonishingly popular with the young generation. Sandler assumes the role of producer in Deuce Bigalo: Male Gigolo, a lewd, crude, and candidly rude comedy starring SNL alumni Rob Schneider. Fans of Sandler's madcap body of work will feel right at home with Deuce, a mildly funny and occasionally charming film with some memorable Farrelly brothers-esque moments. The narrative comes to life when Schneider cleverly confronts the dating scene and lampoons comedy conventions, most notably in a scene involving a narcoleptic date. However, a majority of the humor in the narrative consists of in-your-face flatulence, sex, and scatological gags. The film soon becomes a one-note affair of tired bathroom humor featuring an array of derogatory and stereotypical jokes involving the obese, the blind, and amputees. Rob Schneider has proven himself to be a successful comedian, but he simply lacks the charm of a leading man and has trouble carrying this movie. Still, the script by Schneider and Harris Goldberg does create enough laughs to make Deuce an inconsistently entertaining film that may please the dedicated Sandler aficionado. ~ Adam Goldberg, RoviCast
- Rob Schneider - Deuce Bigalow
- William Forsythe - Det. Chuck Fowler
- Eddie Griffin - T.J. Hicks
- Arija Bareikis - Kate
- Oded Fehr - Antoine Laconte
Credit
Michelle Archer - Associate Producer, Ellen Jacoby - Casting, Marcia Ross - Casting, Donna Morong - Casting, Gail Goldberg - Casting, Lisa Rochette - Casting, Adam Shankman - Choreography, Michele Wernick - Consultant/advisor, Harris Goldberg - Co-producer, Alex Siskin - Co-producer, Molly Maginnis - Costume Designer, Cara Giallanza - First Assistant Director, Eric Fox Hayes - First Assistant Director, Sean Hobin - First Assistant Director, Chip Touhey - First Assistant Director, Mike Mitchell - Director, Peter Lyons Collister - Second Unit Director, Bruce Hendricks - Second Unit Director, George Bowers - Editor, Lawrence Jordan - Editor, Doron Shauly - Editor, Adam Sandler - Executive Producer, Jack Giarraputo - Executive Producer, Michael Neale - Location Manager, Greg Lazzaro - Location Manager, Teddy Castellucci - Composer (Music Score), Michael Dilbeck - Musical Direction/Supervision, Wende Geikie - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jackie Dobbie - Makeup, Peter Mercurio - Camera Operator, John A. Connell - Camera Operator, Alan Au - Production Designer, Peter Lyons Collister - Cinematographer, Barry Bernardi - Producer, Sid Ganis - Producer, Stan Winston - Special Effects, Joe Foglia - Sound Mixer, David Kelson - Sound Mixer, Gary S. Gerlich - Sound Editor, Ai-Ling Lee - Sound Editor, Russell Farmarco - Sound Editor, Orada Jusatayanond - Sound Editor, David Luke Peifer - Sound Editor, Klaus Peintner - Sound Editor, Gregg Smrz - Stunts Coordinator, David M. Blitstein - Special Effects Supervisor, Karen Hughes - Unit Production Manager, Rob Schneider - Screenwriter, Harris Goldberg - Screenwriter, Michael R. Delahoussaye - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Steven Poster - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Charles Cohen - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Michael R. Delahoussaye - Second Unit Camera, Charles Cohen - Second Unit Camera, John T. Van Vliet - Visual Effects Supervisor, Stacy Basil - Animal Trainer/Wrangler, Mark S. Weitz - Animal Trainer/Wrangler, Stan Winston Studio - Animatronic Effects, Kathy Nelson - Executive Music Producer, Stuart Grusin - Music Editor, Ralph Bertelle - Production Coordinator, Leslie Stevens - Production Coordinator, Wayne Morris - Production Supervisor, Tom E. Dahl - Re-Recording Mixer, Elliot Tyson - Re-Recording Mixer, Nancy Karlin - Script Supervisor, Gina Michel - Script Supervisor, Katie Waters - Script Supervisor, Gary S. Gerlich - Supervising Sound Editor, Elmo Weber - Supervising Sound Editor, Jordan Klein - Underwater Photography, Tom Mgrdichian - ADR Recordist, Jim Lapidus - Costumes Supervisor, Candy L. Walken - Key Hairstylist, David J. Blair - Key Hairstylist, Eric Fox Hayes - Second Unit Assistant Director, Sean Hobin - Second Unit Assistant Director, Jules Kovisars - Second Unit Assistant Director, Charissa Forth - Second Unit Assistant Director, Jason Brubaker - Storyboard Artist, Michael Cachuela - Storyboard Artist, Available Light Ltd. - Visual Effects, Buena Vista Imaging - Visual Effects, F. Beauchamp Hebb - Set Decorator, Erica-Madri Alexander - Foley Walker, Monique Reymond - Foley Walker, Buena Vista Imaging - Title Design, Jeri Baker-Sadler - Department Head Hair, Nena Smarz - Department Head Makeup| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005 Film), Deuce (2008 Film) | |
| Deuce Coupe (1992 Film), Deuce Duncan (1918 Film) |
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