Cabin Boy
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings
- 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.
- Director: Adam Resnick
- Genre(s): Comedy
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Contains about enough laugh-out-loud sight gags and non sequiturs to justify what it demands of a viewer's time and money.
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38As 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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33Few comedies have worked this hard to make everyone on screen look this dumb.
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The problem is that it doesn't find a lot of laughs in much of anything, referential or otherwise. [7 Jan 1994]
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Negative: 5 out of 19
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UrkoboldU10
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BobH.8Unless you understand the concept of the Paperboy2000 you won't get the drift of Chris Elliot movies.
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SteveJ.8"Cabin Boy" is a coming of age romp through the perils of 19th century travelogues. I enjoyed it, yessir, I enjoyed it.
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