# Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
*Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo* is a 2005 American comedy film and the sequel to *Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo* (1999), in which [Rob Schneider](https://www.edgepedia.org/rob-schneider) returns as the unlikely male escort Deuce Bigalow, who travels to Amsterdam to clear his former pimp T.J. Hicks ([Eddie Griffin](https://www.edgepedia.org/eddie-griffin)) of murder charges by re-entering the gigolo trade.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) Directed by Mike Bigelow in his feature directorial debut, it was produced by [Happy Madison Productions](https://www.edgepedia.org/happy-madison-productions) and released by Columbia Pictures on August 12, 2005.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63373) • [3](https://www.tribute.ca/magazines/tribute/pdf/trib_julyaug05_web.pdf) The film was a critical and commercial failure, earning about $45 million worldwide against a $22 million budget, roughly a third of the original's $65.5 million domestic gross, and it ended the two-film franchise.[4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367652/) • [5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | August 12, 2005 (wide, United States); 83 minutes; rated R for pervasive strong crude and sexual humor, language, nudity and drug content[6](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Deuce-Bigalow-European-Gigolo) |
| Director / writers | Mike Bigelow; screenplay by Rob Schneider, David Garrett, and Jason Ward, from characters by Harris Goldberg and Schneider[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63373) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/fullcredits/) |
| Principal cast | Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow), Eddie Griffin (T.J. Hicks), Jeroen Krabbé (Gaspar Voorsboch), Til Schweiger (Heinz Hummer), Hanna Verboom (Eva)[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63373) • [8](https://www.tributemovies.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/9886/) |
| Box office | $22,400,154 domestic, $45,109,561 worldwide, against a $22,000,000 budget; opening weekend $9,626,287 in 3,127 theaters[4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367652/) • [9](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1750042113/) |
| Critical reception | 9% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (98 reviews); Metascore 23 on Metacritic, generally unfavorable[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) • [10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/critic-reviews/) |
| Audience reception | 34% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter from more than 100,000 ratings; 4.7/10 on IMDb from about 57,000 votes[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) • [11](https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo) |
| Franchise status | Second and final film in the Deuce Bigalow series; earned less than the 1999 original and was considered a box office flop[5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Deuce Bigalow, an American male escort, flees to Europe after a run-in with the Malibu police involving two children and a group of aggressive dolphins.[12](https://watch.afi.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo) In Amsterdam he reunites with his friend and former pimp T.J. Hicks, who has become the prime suspect in a string of murders of Europe's highest-priced male prostitutes.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) To clear T.J.'s name, Deuce goes back to work as a gigolo, servicing a series of eccentric female clients while searching for the real killer, and he crosses the uptight Dutch police inspector Gaspar Voorsboch ([Jeroen Krabbé](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeroen-krabbe)).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) • [8](https://www.tributemovies.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/9886/) Among his clients is the beautiful Eva (Hanna Verboom), who suffers from acute obsessive-compulsive disorder.[8](https://www.tributemovies.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/9886/) The film culminates at the 473rd Annual Man-Whore Awards, where the suspects are the tanned, chiseled members of the European gigolo establishment, including Heinz Hummer ([Til Schweiger](https://www.edgepedia.org/til-schweiger)).[13](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/sep/30/3) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo)
### Franchise
No third film was made, and the franchise ended with the 2005 sequel.[5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3) In May 2024, Mike Mitchell, director of the original film, publicly proposed an idea for a third entry in which Rob Schneider's character would mentor a younger man, saying the franchise "was stopped too soon."[5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3) The film remains available digitally; as of recent listings it streams on the Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel in several regions and can be rented or purchased on platforms including Apple TV Store and Amazon Video.[11](https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo)
## Production
The 1999 original, *Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo*, was Mike Mitchell's directorial debut and was written by Harris Goldberg and Rob Schneider; it grossed $65.5 million domestically on an $18 million budget.[5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3) • [14](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigalow_male_gigolo) For the sequel, Happy Madison Productions moved the project to [Columbia Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-pictures) due to creative differences with [Touchstone Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/touchstone-pictures), which had released the first film.[15](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/) [Adam Sandler](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-sandler), Jack Giarraputo, and John Schneider produced, Marc Felperlaan was the cinematographer, and the film was shot with Amsterdam as its setting.[2](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63373) Commercial director Mike Bigelow made his feature directorial debut with the film.[3](https://www.tribute.ca/magazines/tribute/pdf/trib_julyaug05_web.pdf)
## Reception
**Critical response.** The film was reviewed far more harshly than its predecessor. On Rotten Tomatoes it holds a 9% Tomatometer from 98 reviews, with a critics consensus calling it "a witless follow-up to the surprise 1999 hit" that is "raunchy, politically incorrect, and not particularly funny"; the audience Popcornmeter score was 34%.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo) On Metacritic it scored 23 out of 100, with none of 25 critics positive, 8 mixed, and 17 negative.[10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/critic-reviews/) Roger Ebert's zero-star review in the *Chicago Sun-Times* opened, "Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks."[16](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/criticreviews/) Reviews were not uniformly hostile: the *Los Angeles Times* noted that director Mike Bigelow "maintains a mercifully swift pace" and that the humor, though deliberately crass, is not truly mean-spirited, and the *Dallas Observer* called it "a Rob Schneider movie that's funny. Strange but true."[10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/critic-reviews/) Peter Bradshaw of *The Guardian* gave it 3 out of 5, writing "I laughed. I wasn't the only one," while describing it as rude, crude, and operating well outside genteel good taste.[13](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/sep/30/3)
**Box office.** The film opened to $9,626,287 from 3,127 theaters, about 43% of its eventual domestic total, and finished with $22,400,154 domestically and $45,109,561 worldwide against a $22,000,000 production budget.[9](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1750042113/) • [4](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367652/) • [6](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Deuce-Bigalow-European-Gigolo) The Numbers records a slightly higher worldwide figure of $45,273,464.[6](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Deuce-Bigalow-European-Gigolo) Both figures fall far below the original's $92,935,067 worldwide gross, and the sequel has been described as a box office flop that earned less than the original and was reviewed unfavorably.[17](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Deuce-Bigelow) • [5](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3)
## References
1. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigelow_european_gigolo)
2. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/63373)
3. [Tribute magazine, July/August 2005 issue](https://www.tribute.ca/magazines/tribute/pdf/trib_julyaug05_web.pdf)
4. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0367652/)
5. [Deuce Bigalow 3: Original Director Gives Idea for Sequel to Rob Schneider Comedy, ComingSoon.net (May 29, 2024)](https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1744532-deuce-bigalow-3)
6. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Deuce-Bigalow-European-Gigolo)
7. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) full cast and crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/fullcredits/)
8. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) plot and synopsis, Tribute Movies](https://www.tributemovies.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/9886/)
9. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo domestic release, Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1750042113/)
10. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo/critic-reviews/)
11. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo streaming, JustWatch (UK)](https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo)
12. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, American Film Institute (watch page)](https://watch.afi.com/movie/deuce-bigalow-european-gigolo)
13. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo review by Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (September 30, 2005)](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/sep/30/3)
14. [Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigalow_male_gigolo)
15. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/)
16. [Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Metacritic reviews via IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367652/criticreviews/)
17. [Deuce Bigelow Franchise Box Office History, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Deuce-Bigelow)
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