hmmmm, not the family film that it appears 2 be!!! (Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo (DVD))

Member Name: salayan

Product:	Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo (DVD)
Date:	22/02/01 (24 review reads)
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Advantages: erm, it reminds you that your life isnt so bad afterall

Disadvantages: the lead actor in a thong... eugh!

Well, it was friday night, everyone in my house was bored, and my sister suggested we watch a video, a nice family film from the video shop, and we can settle in with some crisps and maltesers (nobody actually has popcorn do they??... so much effort to make..). so what should we rent? the wedding singer?, East is East? The world is not eonough? ' no, my sister promised us that 'Deuce Bigalow' was hilarious when she went to see at the cinema, so much so that she wouldnt mind watching it again. So off i trunddled to the video store, to get this so called 'gem of a film', and i was delighted to see that they had it at the video shop....WHAT A SURPRISE!!! i could carry on with my story of the night i watched Deuce Bigalow-Male gigolo, and my story WOULD be more entertaining than the film, but i feel i should perhapse actually include a little about the plot of the film in my review.

The story revolves around a desperatley sad fish-doctor (he saves fishes lives for a living....) and how he gets to become a 'Male Gigolo' by accident (of course its perfectly possible!), a male gigolo being a glorified male prostitute. But, unpredictably, Deuce falls for one of beautifull clients (coz of course pretty tall blonde 20 year olds cant get dates by themselves)....and ofcourse he has to endure some fat ugly, head-to-toe leather-clad housewives and transvestites along the way, coz then where would the comedy be?

The reason the film doesnt quite (an understatement) work, is because it involves the kind of visual, and obvious humour that a 9 year old would find funny (mildly amusing), and yet obviously, being about a male prostitute, the content ( a lot of swearing, and Deuce wearing a leather thong and bow-tie hanging from a chandelier) are completey unsuitable. Its a shame really, coz there is the odd laugh in it, and if it wasnt so in your face, might have passed as a Jim Carrey style slapstick comedy. The lead actor, bless him ( i
dont know his name) is not too bad (i dont mean too bad looking, coz he is... quite bad looking that is), and tries very hard, but the rest of the cast are pretty atrocious. There is a lot of bad taste in this film, including artificial limbs, fish in liquidisers, and an italian stallion with long pre-livin la vida loca ricky martin hair ( long and well... awfull)

Having read that, u can imagine how uncomfortable it was, sitting there watching the film with my dear mother, who rarely utters a swear word.....all i can say is that she made a lot of cups of tea, and went to the toilet a lot..... CRINGGGGGE!

Despite all that, if you have a crude sense of humour, and dont mind a bad plot, u might find it worth it to traul through the awful jokes and scenarios to find the odd comedy gems that are well hidden in this film.

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