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Going Overboard

Name: Going Overboard
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989-05-11
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 2.342

★ 2,3 /10 (161 Votes)

1989 EN 97 min

Overview

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.

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Release date

11/05/1989

Votes

161

Popularity

1.8

In the world of comedy, it's sink or swim.

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$200,000

Adam Sandler

Schecky Moskowitz

Scott LaRose

Dickie Diamond

Tom Hodges

Bob / Schecky's Mother

Lisa Collins

Ellen

Adam Rifkin

Croaker / Miss Spain

Peter Berg

Mort Ginsberg

Billy Zane

King Neptune

Burt Young

General Noriega

Valerie Breiman

Bambi

Ricky Paull Goldin

Terrorist Without Shirt

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Warren Selko

Terrorist with Mustache

Billy Bob Thornton

Dave

Allen Covert

Bartender

Steven Brill

Priest

Joe Gieb

Referee

Dan Povenmire

Yellow Teeth

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Laura Mraz

Miss Kansas / Liz

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Elizabeth Primm

Miss Louisiana / Bunny Miller

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Stacey Marie Palmer

Miss Jamaica / Chickie

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Lisa C. Vendetti

Miss Israel / Bluebell

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Catherine Satterwhite

Miss Arkansas / Pammy

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Chris Bogard

Slimy

Milton Berle

Himself (uncredited)

Terry Moore

Mistress

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Only this movie and Punch Drunk Love, were the dumbest Adam Sandler movies I've ever seen. This movie is even funny. Adam Sandler looks more like an idiot then a star in this movie.

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Adam Sandler's acting debut. He did not participate in writing or directing the script, and did not even come up with the idea for the movie. He just played the main character, an unfunny comedian who dreams of becoming funny one day (on a ship). Adam's acting was bad and inept... although it's not that striking, given the sheer awfulness of everything else in the movie. It's badly filmed, the writing is even worse... The movie is only valuable because Sandler was in it. **Going Overboard** tries its best to seem like a comedy, and this is probably its main weakness. The Room with Tommy Wis…

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