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Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Why are you reading this review? Seriously, do you think this is the movie where Rob Schneider shows the world he's the next Tom Hanks or Jack Nicholson? He's comfortable being a guy who stars in silly gross out movies, so take it or leave it based on how you feel about films like The Hot Chick and The Animal (If you are getting your money back because you saw The Animal and benefit from this lawsuit, you can spend it on Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo! How lucky for you!). Anyway, Rob makes a ton more money than I do, so I better start shaving my head and perfecting a very dumb look on my face to get some laughs (you have to admit, he was pretty damn funny as the "you can do it" guy in Waterboy). Schneider again stars as Deuce Bigalow - an accidental male gigolo, who left the business, but lives a depressing life haunted by the sudden, tragic death of his wife. As some of Europe's top, high priced gigolos start to turn up dead, and Deuce serendipitously needs to get out of the states, his pal and former pimp, T.J. (Eddie Griffin), invites his former prosti-dude to come to Amsterdam. Soon, T.J. accidentally and falsely is accused of being the gigolo serial killer, so Deuce has to get back into the paid-for-sweet-lovin' game to track down each victim's clients, so he can find the real killer. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful obsessive compulsive, Eva (Hanna Verboom). Can Deuce find the killer and clear T.J.'s name? Will Eva find out about Deuce's "job"? Everyone involved with Deuce Bigalow: I'm Back for Your Money-O needs to try harder. Yes, there are several funny moments in this movie, but it could have been so much more. The story isn't very important to this movie, and only exists to get us from one goofy scene to the next, while the acting performances are not supposed to be the feature attraction, so the jokes need to be coming faster, harder and funnier than you get in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Silly, stupid, gross comedies can be very funny if the writers, director and comedic stars all pitch in by contributing as many inventive, original and crazy jokes as possible, but this film features too many jokes repeated over and over again. For example, Anna is supposed to have over 100 obsessive compulsive ticks, but we only see two or three of them in the movie. How about thinking up 10, with each one getting crazier and crazier? The gigolos refer to several sexual techniques with kooky names (the Dirty Sanchez, the Portuguese Breakfast, the Chilly Rainbow, etc.), but they need 10 or 20 more names instead of recycling some of the more popular ones (Portuguese Breakfast easily is used one time too many). Writers Rob Schneider, David Garrett and Jason Ward, as well as director Mike Bigelow (his real name according to everything I have read), get it, since they include several funny cameos, Griffin has many costume changes while T.J. is on the run (many of them are giggle worthy) and Deuce has to "service" several women with various outrageous physical characteristics, but they have to take it to the next level to be more There's Something About Mary and less this. You can do it! Earlier this year, Schneider took out a full page ad in Variety, so he could spit vitriol at Los Angeles Times critic Patrick Goldstein, who made a very mean joke about Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and Schneider. To quote Schneider, "if you [Goldstein] sat with my colleagues, after lunch, you would just be beaten beyond recognition." Well, Rob, I'm 5' 8" and weigh more than 250 pounds. If you're upset with my review, let's have lunch here in DC and see who's left standing. I need the publicity, if you agree to cover the bail and refuse to press charges. 1 Waffle (Out Of 4) Copyright 2005 - WaffleMovies.com
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