Cabin Boy

Name: Cabin Boy
Genre: Comedy
Released: January 7, 1994
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 21
Cast: Chris Elliott

1994

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Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | Release Date: January 7, 1994 | PG-13

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

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 80 min

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David Mills

Contains about enough laugh-out-loud sight gags and non sequiturs to justify what it demands of a viewer's time and money. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Chris Elliott is appallingly bad as the title character. Although his role cries out for an over-the- top performance, Elliott's grating personae cancels out any positive contributions he can offer in that area. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Greene

Fans of unashamedly low-brow comedies may well be amused by the eccentricities of Cabin Boy, but more conventional viewers should probably beware. Read full review

Chris Willman

The problem is that it doesn't find a lot of laughs in much of anything, referential or otherwise. [7 Jan 1994]

Gene Siskel

[Chris Elliott]'s spoof of a young seaman's apprenticeship seems desperate as he piles special effects willy-nilly atop jibes at stupid old salts. [14 Jan 1994]

Caryn James

All this is bizarre without being funny. [7 Jan 1994, p.C12]

Mick LaSalle

It is possible to watch 90 minutes of this comedy without once cracking a smile. [12 Jan 1994]

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UrkoboldU

Jul 29, 2008

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.