An average aquarium cleaner house-sits for a gigolo, only to be forced to become one himself.An average aquarium cleaner house-sits for a gigolo, only to be forced to become one himself.An average aquarium cleaner house-sits for a gigolo, only to be forced to become one himself.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Cookie Girl
- (as Elle Tanner Schneider)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first movie from Happy Madison Productions.
- GoofsWhen Deuce and Carol are on a date at a restaurant, Deuce mouths her line "I've always wanted to try soup but there's the fear of drowning".
- Quotes
Kate: I don't see how it could possibly be pleasurable for a woman. I just don't think it's natural. You're not supposed to go up there. To tell you the truth, I don't know how men do it either.
Deuce Bigalow: You're not curious, just to try something new?
Kate: I'm just not into it.
Deuce Bigalow: So space exploration is definitely out for you?
Kate: Definitely. I mean, more power to any woman who wants to be an astronaut. I just wouldn't do it. Frankly, I'd rather take it up the butt.
- SoundtracksCome On, Come On
Written by Greg Camp and Steve Harwell
Performed by Smash Mouth
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
The formula for the film adheres very closely to the one employed by virtually all "Saturday Night Live" or "Second City" alumni in their initial forays into big screen comedies. Once again we have the usual bumbling nerd trying to win acceptance as a `cool dude,' making a shambles of everything he touches, yet ultimately managing to garner the respect of his peers and the love of a beautiful woman. Rob Schneider plays the title role, a professional fish tank cleaner who, through a complicated series of circumstances, finds himself delving into the realm of `man whore' in order to earn some much needed money. The stupidity of the premise and the situations cannot be underestimated as Schneider is put through a series of pratfalls, misunderstandings and verbal slugfests that are often quite amusing almost in spite of themselves. It takes either a certain amount of daring or a shocking degree of insensitivity (or perhaps a little of both) to line up a series of jokes and sight gags aimed at people who suffer from obesity, Tourettes Syndrome, Narcolepsy, blindness and limb amputation - but this film does it. Somehow, though, the film manages to treat its characters with such a genial fondness that it never seems particularly harsh or mean spirited. Whether or not that mitigates the feeling of guilt resulting from one's laughter must, finally, be a matter of personal conscience I suppose.
Schneider plays the lead in a nicely relaxed fashion, not succumbing to the hyperbolic mugging that so many comics are prone to indulge in when faced with similar roles. And what a pleasant surprise to encounter Marlo Thomas of all people in an uncredited cameo appearance and still looking like a knockout in her sexy lingerie.
`Deuce Bigalow' may not sit well with the easily offended or with those who prefer their comedy to be of a bit more - um, shall we say - cerebral nature. Still, unabashed silliness makes for a fun time every now and then and, in that spirit, this film deserves to be seen.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Чоловік за викликом
- Filming locations
- 4342 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, California, USA(Apex aquariums)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $65,538,755
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,224,016
- Dec 12, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $92,938,755
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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