Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Review
by Ran Sanudrala (ram AT csb DOT stanford DOT edu)December 17th, 1999
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
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/Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo/ is a low-brow comedy not quite up to the scale of an /Austin Powers/, /There's Something About Mary/ or /Dumb and Dumber/, but it is on par with a /Big Daddy/.
As is usually the case, the movie is a bunch of one-screen gags strung together in the hope of making the audience laugh continually. Because of the great mood I was in, this generally worked. The plot is just a showcase for the gags: Deuce (/Saturday Night Live/'s Rob Schneider) is a fish tank cleaner who ends up being responsible for taking care of the apartment of Antoine (Oded Fehr), a male prostitute. When Deuce begins to monkey around, he manages to destroy a $6000 aquarium, which he must replace or face Antoine's wrath. Needless to say, Deuce begins to sell his "services" to pay for the damage. This results in a somewhat hilarious sequence of episodes where Deuce finally realises his niche in life and finds true love.
/Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo/ has its high spots. In particular, the parody of /The Matrix/ is pretty hilarious. The main politically incorrect focus of the film is primarily on physically handicapped people who are, in a way, outcasts of society. Deuce's services involve making these people feel "normal" again and this is done by taking some risk (of offending the audience) which I appreciated. Generally though, the one-track nature of this approach became tiresome after a while.
The trailer is a bit misleading compared to what actually happens in the film (like in the trailer for /Go/) which can be interesting, as is the novel way the Tourette's syndrome problem is handled. /Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo/ wil induce a few laughs if you're in the right mood. Worth renting.
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