CS Weekly Archive > Weekend Read > 8/12/05

This Quickie Isn't Worth It

By danny munso

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Rob Schneider and David Garrett & Jason Ward
Story by Rob Schneider
Based on characters created by Harris Goldberg & Rob Schneider

With a humor arsenal that seems to consist mainly of pot jokes and rampant homophobia, it saddened me to discover that a second helping of Deuce Bigalow was one too many. This time around, Deuce heads to Amsterdam to discover his pal/former pimp T.J. (Eddie Griffin) is being implicated in the murders of Europe's hottest gigolos. I admit that I chuckled a few times, mostly at the goofy getups the script calls on Griffin to wear, but when a comedy isn't funny for 78 of its 80 minutes, something has gone horribly wrong.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Sony Pictures
Rated R; 83 min.

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Danny Munso graduated from film school in 2004 and can currently be found on his computer working on one of his many half-written screenplays. Or, more likely, he's on the Internet checking the scores of his beloved Bay Area sports teams.

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