Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) on Netflix
Deuce Bigalow, an aquarium cleaner in Los Angeles, agrees to mind a gigolo's lionfish and apartment. After a fire and a broken tank leave him owing $6,000, he becomes a gigolo himself.
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Plot summary
Deuce Bigalow cleans aquariums in Los Angeles. A gigolo named Antoine asks him to look after his sick lionfish and his apartment while he travels to Europe. Deuce sets the kitchen on fire and shatters the custom aquarium, and the repairs will cost $6,000. To raise the money, Deuce takes on the work of a male escort. A pimp named T.J. recruits clients for him, among them Fluisa, Carol, Ruth and Tina. Each of the women is satisfied by the attention he gives her. He also meets Kate, who wears a prosthetic leg. A police detective, Chuck Fowler, follows Deuce and demands Antoine's book of clients.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo was the first film released by the Happy Madison Productions film production company, with Adam Sandler as executive producer; Sandler himself can be heard yelling the infamous "Freak!" line and other lines in the background.
- Despite generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing over $92 million worldwide against a budget of $17 million.
- Norm Macdonald appears uncredited as the bartender Deuce interacts with, and the film's postscript stated that Macdonald only worked on the movie for one day.
- Disney declined to release the 2005 sequel, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, which came out instead through Sony Pictures Releasing and their Columbia Pictures banner.
