Going Overboard (1989)

★ 2.3 1h 37m 153 votes IMDb

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.

Going Overboard

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Cast

Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler as Schecky Moskowitz Age 59 · Brooklyn, New York, USA Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in many Hollywood fi...
Scott LaRose
Scott LaRose as Dickie Diamond Age 58 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Scott LaRose (born August 17, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, writer, DGA Director. He has done stand-up comedy appearances around the globe in clubs, the...
Tom Hodges
Tom Hodges as Bob / Schecky's Mother Age 60 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Tom Hodges was born on July 1, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Heavyweights (1995), Steel Magnolias (1989) and Shoot the Moon (1996). He has been married to Coll...
Lisa Collins
Lisa Collins as Ellen Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lisa Collins (born 1968) is an Australian actress best known for her starring role in the movie Fix (1997). Collins is also the ex-wife of actor Billy Zane (from...
Adam Rifkin
Adam Rifkin as Croaker / Miss Spain Age 59 · Chicago, Illinois, USA Adam Rifkin sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. Rifkin is claimed to belong to a rare breed of film directors that transited from public access...
Peter Berg
Peter Berg as Mort Ginsberg Age 62 · New York City, New York, USA Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship...

Audience Reviews

Andre Gonzales 2/10 May 20, 2023
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.
sunopako 4/10 Dec 14, 2024
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 Wiseau, which is similar in many aspects, became a cult movie because of how badly it was made, but The Room is a drama. The badness of the plot conflicts and the broken tension became the foundation for the audience's mocking pleasure. In **Going Overboard**, the dramatic elements are very rudimentary, and this makes it difficult to treat the movie with a sense of humor, but it is possible!

I don't recommend this movie to anyone except scholars of Adam Sandler's work. For those who do decide to watch it, I advise you to try to accept the film's inconsistencies and laugh at them. This is the best that **Going Overboard** can do.

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