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21 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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  • Starring: Chris Elliott
  • Summary: An obnoxious finishing school snob (Elliott) en route to his father's hotel in Hawaii accidentally boards a fishing boat called the "Filthy Whore," with four grizzled, stinking fisherman.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 7 out of 10
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: David Mills
    60
    Contains about enough laugh-out-loud sight gags and non sequiturs to justify what it demands of a viewer's time and money.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    38
    As a condescening moron who natters on non-stop in this simplistic comedy, Elliott doesn't just wear out his welcome, he nukes it. [14 Jan 1994]
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    33
    Few comedies have worked this hard to make everyone on screen look this dumb.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. UrkoboldU
    10
    I struggle not to use all caps, as that is my fashion, but this movie is profoundly moving and appeals to me on a level that few films do. Everyone should watch it, although most will wish they hadn't. It's that good.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. SteveJ.
    8
    "Cabin Boy" is a coming of age romp through the perils of 19th century travelogues. I enjoyed it, yessir, I enjoyed it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. PrestonF.
    0
    Humor, like pornography is impossible to define, but I know it when I see it. This movie meets the classic definition of pornography: "a creative activity of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire." Except it doesn't stimulate any desires at all, except perhaps that of self-loathing and self-immolation for subjecting one-self to this multimedia abortion. There's 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back... I hate to break it to all the fan-boys in this section, but the emperor has no humor.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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