![]() ![]() "Going Overboard" opens with one of the longest, most unnecessary opening credits sequences I've ever seen. If you actually cared, you'd be confused. ![]() He's actually watching the movie we're watching, but he's watching it live since he dispatches assassins to kill one of the characters despite the fact he's viewing a tape he rented from a video store. General Noriega watches this movie throughout the movie. "Babes Ahoy," and "The Unsinkable Shecky Moskowitz."īeing somewhat of a Sandler fan, I actually bought this movie thinking… well… how bad could it be? The box even promises "big laughs on the high seas," "zany cocktail waiter(s)," "stunningly gorgeous beauty queens," and "antics (which) rock the boat in this hilarious sea adventure which contains hysterical comic sketches and sexy fantasy sequences." Yes, this image is actually from the movie and not stolen from a gay porn site.īefore getting his break on Saturday Night Live, co-writing and starring in one of the best stupid comedies of the 90's, "Billy Madison," followed by a string of other kinda similar movies that actually made tidy profits (up until the disaster that was "Little Nicky"), a very young Adam Sandler boarded a cruise ship traveling from New Orleans to the 1988 (1989?) Miss Universe pageant and slapped together a feature film.The result? "Going Overboard," A.K.A. Shecky Moskowitz and his buddy Bob, the most worthless sidekick in the history of comedy. The Case Against: More bad jokes than a Fireman Comic, inexplicable cuts to random things, the most disgusting kiss ever captured on film, at least twenty minutes too long, not funny. The Case For: Watching Adam Sandler make a total fool out of himself may make you realize that everybody's got to start somewhere and if you work hard enough you'll be successful eventually. It's the "Titantic of comedies" in that it's best kept thousands of feet underwater. There are also assassins from Panama, a lot of beauty pageant runner-ups, stupid gags, and a ridiculous excuse for a plot. Shecky wants to be the ship's comedian, but Dickie is an asshole and won't give him a chance. ![]() Overview: Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) stumbles around a cruise ship, matching (half)wits with evil stand-up Dickie Diamond. ![]()
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