Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999 Comedy

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. more..

Director: Mike Mitchell

Starring: Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, Arija Bareikis, Chi Chi La Rue

Reviews

  • Schneider's mild-mannered fish-lover is genuinely likable, and a good-natured foil to the crude jokes.

    - The Boston Globe

    19 January 2013

  • A considerable cut above the crop of recent features by other 'SNL' alums.

    Michael O'Sullivan - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

  • The lowdown on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Rob Schneider's first starring role, is that it is. Lowdown, that is.

    Bob Graham - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • I laughed, yes, I did, several times during Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. That's proof, if any is required, that I still possess streaks of immaturity and vulgarity.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    19 January 2013

  • A pathetically dumb attempt to string a bunch of second-rate skits together like a garland of rotten cranberries.

    Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Favorite Actor - Comedy

    Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)

     
  • Film - Choice Comedy

    Teen Choice Awards (2000)