Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

After Rob Schneider's last two no-brow comedies (The Hot Chick and The Animal) underperformed at the box office, he couldn't get work outside of his requisite cameos in Adam Sandler flicks. So he sat down with his buddies and wrote this second Deuce Bigalow clunker based on the ludicrous notion that there are lonely women out there desperate enough to pay to have sex with him. Far beyond just laughless, the sequel is downright boring and entirely dependent on every character being an imbecile in order for the plot to advance. This time around, the witless, troll-like Deuce is in Copenhagen (insert dozens of obvious, telegraphed legal pot and prostitution jokes here), where the inept cops can't figure out who's killing all of Europe's top "man-whores." Taking matters into his own hands, he has to date—as bait—a series of mutant female suspects (insert dozens of obvious, telegraphed physical-deformity cheap-shots here). Schneider's performance is so tediously inept it quickly becomes clear why nobody but Sandler will hire him to act. If he had to actually audition for parts, the guy would never work again. Not recommended. [Note: DVD extras include the two-part “making-of” documentary “Behind the Gigolo” (53 min. total), a Comedy Central Reel Comedy special for the film (21 min.), two deleted scenes (5 min.), “The Casting Lounge” (5 min.), “T.J.'s Float Crib” with Eddie Griffin touring the boat (5 min.), “So You Want to be a Man-Whore” with four man-whore commercials (3 min.), the three-minute “A Burger and a Bentley” commercial shoot, and trailers. Bottom line: a decent extras package for a dud film.] (R. Blackwelder)