Great Film: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Tasteless, but often very funny and sometimes hilarious
Let's see...you're watching a movie starring and co-written by Rob
Schneider. You're obviously not expecting something with depth and
plausibility. But he is a talented comedian, and anyone who is an avid SNL
fan has seen Rob perform some very funny skits. He's not Milton Berle, but
he has that mindlessly funny comic energy that frequently works.
"Deuce Bigalow" is a film almost aimed at ticking off critics. Not all
audiences will find the crude gags funny, but others--preferably those who
can let go of their inhibitions for an hour and a half--will have tons of
laughs. The subplot involving Deuce's father as a bathroom attendant is
pretty cheap. It's an obvious setup for scatological gags. One of them
involving a scene in which Deuce is having a pleasant man-to-man talk with
his Dad while you can hear the groans of someone in one of the stalls
loudly...relieving himself made me roll with laughter. I wouldn't call it a
priceless gag, but you don't always have to aim high with comedy. If it's
funny, it's funny. If you laughed, you laughed.
Just like any Farrelly Brothers movie, there are gags involving physical
handicaps like obesity, narcolepsy and Turrett's Syndrome. However, the
jokes are executed in such a broad manner that no one--even ones with any of
those disorders--shouldn't be offended.
Naturally, some will hate this movie, some will like this movie, some will
love this movie. In my mind, if it's a comedy and I'm laughing--what other
factors should I be looking for?
My score: 7 (out of 10)
Cast
- Deuce Bigalow played by Rob Schneider
- Elaine Fowler played by Jacqueline Obradors
- Detective Chuck Fowler played by William Forsythe
- T.J. Hicks played by Eddie Griffin
- Kate played by Arija Bareikis
- Antoine Laconte played by Oded Fehr
- Claire played by Gail O'grady
