Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

"He charges $10 but he’s willing to negotiate."

1999 1h 28m EN

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6.0

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23%

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5.7

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★6.0TMDB · 1,602🥫23%Rotten Tomatoes●30Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 85,851

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Synopsis

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Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

“He charges $10 but he’s willing to negotiate.”

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Cast

Rob Schneider
Deuce Bigalow
William Forsythe
Det. Chuck Fowler
Eddie Griffin
Tiberius Jefferson "T.J." Hicks
Arija Bareikis
Kate
Oded Fehr
Antoine Laconte
Gail O'Grady
Claire
Richard Riehle
Bob Bigalow
Jacqueline Obradors
Elaine Fowler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Mitchell
Writers: Rob Schneider, Mike Cachuela, Harris Goldberg
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Deuce Bigalow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike Mitchell, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor George Bowers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Rob Schneider and William Forsythe and Eddie Griffin carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike Mitchell directs. Peter Lyons Collister behind the camera. Teddy Castellucci scores. George Bowers cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
327 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Deuce Bigalow Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Mike Mitchell, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Teddy Castellucci. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor George Bowers shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Rob Schneider and William Forsythe and Eddie Griffin carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He charges $10 but he’s willing to negotiate.".
10IMDB entry: tt0205000 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "fish", "aquarium", "gigolo", "house".
12Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister
Original score: Teddy Castellucci
Editing: George Bowers
Production design: Alan Au
Costume design: Molly Maginnis
Makeup / hair: Jackie Dobbie
Sound: Tom E. Dahl
Stunt coordinator: Gregg Smrz
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $92,938,755
Return: 547% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes: 23% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 30/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 85,851 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 nominations total

Part of

Deuce Bigalow Collection

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive down on his luck aquarium cleaner, portrayed by comedian Rob Schneider, who by a mishap finds himself desperate for cash and becomes a male gigolo in the 1999 movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and its sequel 2005 movie "European Gigalo".

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Kamurai2020-09-20
★ 4/10
Decent watch at very best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. I actually like Rob Schneider a bit, and the guy can certainly act, but it's like he got he's talent from a Monkey's Paw, there is usually some draw back. In this, it's where the movie systematically makes fun of people from anger management issues, to serious conditions, to amputees, and all of them lonely and possibly desperate, so it's extra sad. Yes, it's the premise of the movie that he's an unexpected gigolo with unexpected clients, but I'm not sure anyone was asking for this movie. All that aside, this is a alternating abuse humor / ridiculous escalation humor, and a lot of the movie is just Rob being exasperated with his own script. To top it off, it feels like there is one story line too many with the cop investigating him. The angry gigolo with WAY too many expensive things that he mistreats is plenty of antagonist. They definitely put the work in on the production side though, even incorporating a couple of matrix references that probably cost far more than warranted for the movie. I don't blame you if you do like this movie, but there has got to be something better to watch.
Andre Gonzales2023-05-13
★ 8/10
I love this movie. When it first came out I never seen anything like it. It's so hilarious. The worst gigolo ever!