Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Movie review by Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 18+

Stupid, pointless movie. Save your time and money.

R 2005 83 minutes
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Parents say

age 16+

Based on 5 reviews

Kids say

age 17+

Based on 10 reviews

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A Lot or a Little?

The parents' guide to what's in this movie.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the movie is relentlessly bawdy and obnoxious. Language, allusions, and imagery are consistently sexual and aggressively offensive. While some viewers will find this content comedic, others will be bored; by the same token, some younger viewers will be baffled by the "creative" slang for sexual activity ("Portuguese breakfast") and others will be entertained by the physical humor (farts, falling through windows, toilet humor, genitalia jokes). Repeated references to sex acts, penises and vaginas, homosexuality, bestiality, tricking, and pimping. Characters smoke, drink, and do drugs. They also have sex.

Community Reviews

TheRater5262226
TheRater5262226 Adult
August 30, 2022
age 14+
Movie is def made for mature audiences but it’s that’s “American Pie Sex Comedy kind of funny . I love it and have watched it 100 times. Eddie Griffen and Rob together is brilliant.
Pittsburghmichaels
Pittsburghmichaels Adult
October 19, 2017
age 17+

Funny Film has laughs for High School Seinors and Up

Well I have not seen the first film in this series although it is similar to this film. Happy Madison Production has never disappointed me and this film speaks for itself. This film is not for kids or young teens. This movie's main subject including the title is about gigolo's. I saw this on TBS so they must have edited stuff out that could not be shown on TV. I overall think this is a good film. But do not let younger kids see this.

This title has:

Too much sex
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What's the Story?

In DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO, Deuce (Rob Schneider) leaves California for Amsterdam, where his pimp T.J. (Eddie Griffin) is accused of killing gigolos and, worse, of being gay. To prove his friend's innocence, Deuce starts dating all women last seen with the gigolos, including Chernobyl baby Svetlana (Miranda Raison) and Eva (former Top of the Pops presenter Hanna Verboom), who happens to be the niece of the self-righteous serial killer case investigator Detective Gaspar Jeroen Krabbé.

Is It Any Good?

Do yourself a favor and avoid this offensive movie, unless you're a rabid Rob Schneider fan.

But if you do watch it, amid the onslaught, you might find yourself wondering why. The Los Angeles Times's Patrick Goldstein posed the same question; his declaration that Schneider represents all that's wrong in U.S. movies prompted a full-page ad in industry trades, energizing still more controversy (Roger Ebert joined in) and garnered still more publicity.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how the movie sets up Deuce as a relatively moderate center, while much more outrageous characters swirl around him. But a better question is: Why would anyone waste their time on this movie in the first place?

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