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- 1997
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 46 m
- 1997
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 46 m
Summary A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Directed By: Martha Coolidge
Written By: Robert Nelson Jacobs
- 1997
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 46 m
- 1997
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 46 m
Out to Sea
49
6.0
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Summary A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
Directed By: Martha Coolidge
Written By: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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7 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
49
50% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Though it's rife with unexpected scene-stealers, the movie belongs to Lemmon and Matthau, that perfect complement of treacle and acid. [02 July 1997, p.D01]
By the time the last jerk on the comic premise has been tugged, you might find yourself muttering an age-ist dismissal: this Grumpy Old Man thing (or, in this case, Soggy Old Men thing) is getting kind of old. [03 July 1997, p.C3]
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the co-stars of Out to Sea, keep fooling, beguiling and surprising us. Nothing can sink or ruffle them. Even with substandard scripts or dubious projects, they remain one of the greatest comedy actor teams the American movies have had: two longtime stars with formidable talents who complement each other perfectly. [02 July 1997, p.2]
For the most part, Lemmon, like Matthau, recycles shtick from earlier, better pictures. But then again, their roles call for little else, and Out to Sea actually benefits from their stock turns. [30 June 1997, p.65]
Out to Sea is nothing more than a puffed-up Love Boat episode sailing on risque gags that wouldn't be amusing at all if they weren't recited by old folks. [02 July 1997, p.1D]
Frankly geriatric, and made without a single gunfight or explosion, the weak but genial romp Out to Sea supplies touristy scenery, familiar players and enough rumba scenes for 10 weddings. Everything about the film is as intentionally dated as its gag about Normandy.
This one misses the boat by several nautical miles.
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