Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

December 10, 2004

Rated: R Runtime: 90 min Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

This movie had stinker written all over it from the start, and the only surprise is that it did manage to make me laugh outloud a number of times. However, I felt bad about laughing afterwards as I realized just how stupid what I was laughing at really was. It’s kind of like passing gas in an elevator, it’s funny but it really shouldn’t be. And that’s the level of humor this movie goes for repeatedly.

The story here revolves around Deuce Bigalow, no relation to Bam Bam as far as I know. Deuce is your basic cheap comedy movie hapless loser character. He cleans aquariums for a living and knows a bit about fish. This leads to him meeting a gigolo, and Deuce ends up taking care of his fish, his apartment and predictably becomes a man-whore himself.

Rob Schneider of Saturday Night Live fame both wrote and starred in this one. Unfortunately as is often the case with past and present SNL stars, they discover that an idea that makes for a hilarious 10 minute skit gets very old very fast when you try to stretch it into a 90 minute movie. We get a few genuinely funny bits with the scenes setup by the premise of this movie. Specifically, the mutants who call him for service present some great characters. My favorite is the girl with Turret’s Syndrome. HAIRY BALLS! ANUS LICKER! And again as a SNL skit where you setup one of these kinda characters for a recurring appearance by Deuce Bigalow for a few minutes each week, this would be a riot. However, when you try to tie it all together for a movie, you get oversaturated very quickly.

If there’s no sports on, and you’re in the mood for something really stupid on video or cable, liquor yourself up and then watch this thing. It might be better after a few drinks. I’m actually reluctantly giving this movie two stars because in all fairness it is a comedy and it did make me laugh outloud a few times, so it succeeds at least to a small degree. However, given the choice between seeing it again and having my scrotum waxed, I would have to give the waxing some serious consideration.

Posted by Billy Bob | Filed Under 2 Stars, Arija Bareikis, Comedy, R, Rob Schneider, Theatrical, William Forsythe, and Eddie Griffin