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Avg. Critic Score: 30 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
17 not for kids
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 63
    Boston Globe |

    Schneider's mild-mannered fish-lover is genuinely likable, and a good-natured foil to the crude jokes. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    A considerable cut above the crop of recent features by other 'SNL' alums. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Graham

    The lowdown on Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Rob Schneider's first starring role, is that it is. Lowdown, that is. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I laughed, yes, I did, several times during Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. That's proof, if any is required, that I still possess streaks of immaturity and vulgarity. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Susan Wloszczyna

    A pathetically dumb attempt to string a bunch of second-rate skits together like a garland of rotten cranberries. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times | Gene Seymour

    Only the innate sweetness of both its lead character and its base premise keeps you from wanting to slap Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo upside its mangy, empty head. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Just when you're sure that Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo can't get any less funny, the movie douses the trailer's best gag, as that prosthetic leg turns out to be attached to Deuce's true love. Read full review

  • 25
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Desmond Ryan

    The jokes are unabashedly pitched at 12-year-old boys, with flatulence, masturbation and excretions as the leading themes. Read full review

  • 20
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    A sign that the Sandler comedy empire is expanding and reaching new depths of pure gross-out stupidity. Read full review

  • 20
    The New York Times | Lawrence Van Gelder

    Juvenile comedy targets a gallery of imperfect women. Read full review

View more reviews for Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo on Metacritic

Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says not for kids Raunchy prostitution comedy is lazy and crude.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie's R rating is well-deserved, with strong language and much of the humor coming from sexual references and situations, including the accidental viewing of a porno movie by a little girl, the detective's exposing himself and complaining about his ability to satisfy his wife, a used condom, a body cavity search, etc. The movie also makes a lot of jokes at the expense of people with disabilities, including narcolepsy, Tourette's syndrome, and blindness.
  • Families can talk about how the movie sets up Deuce as a relatively moderate center, while much more outrageous characters swirl around him. Do comparisons with his character make their behavior seem more or less OK? Do you think this movie goes too far in making light of serious issues like prostitution? Who decides when comedy crosses a line?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Many jokes about people with disabilities.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence: Mild slapstick violence.
  • sex false3 Sex: Constant sexual humor.
  • language false4 Language: Extensive.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Social drinking.
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