Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Another Saturday Night Live alum, Rob Schneider (the "makin' copies" guy), gets to take a dance across the big screen. And as was the case with most of his predecessors, the results are relatively dismal. Adam Sandler -- the one SNL-er to strike box office gold -- tags along as the executive producer.

Schneider's Deuce is a wimpy fish-tank cleaner who ingratiates himself with a beefy Hollywood gigolo (Oded Fehr) and lands a happening gig fish-sitting for three weeks. Through an act of sheer stupidity, Deuce trashes the posh pad and must raise some hefty bucks in order to set things straight before the volatile sultan of penis prowess returns. So what does Deuce do? He becomes a "male whore" and provides escort services for a smattering of none-too-desirable fems. There's the obese foodaholic, a too-tall Tina, a Tourette's-syndrome debutante and a narcoleptic. Deuce brings them all happiness in the most un-gigolo-like fashion, and along the way he falls in love with a one-legged hair-transplant nurse. Most of the sophomoric/scatological gags tank, and the usually talented William Forsythe is wasted as the envious cop with a spaghetti-thin dick. At the Harbour Mall, Showcase, Starcase, Tri-Boro, and Woonsocket cinemas.
-- Tom Meek