I will start this off by saying I couldn't get all the way through it. I picked it up on a rainy day from WalMart like the rest of the reviewers on this site. I figured there wasn't any way I would regret my purchase. Was I wrong or what? Seriously now, who approved this project? They need to be forced to watch this movie over and over until the end of eternity. That's the only fitting punishment I can think of for releasing something this bad. The shooting reminds me of the movies I used to make for class projects on a big old VHS cam. The acting isnt much better. I think the only difference is that there are a few cool cameos. Yay, who cares... Shecky Moskowitz is unfunny, and the ships comedian is an even bigger loser. That's about as much of the plot as I understood.

Overall it's the worst movie I've ever seen. I own it on DVD and have given it to many co-workers to watch. Each comes back and laughs and says "Wow I didnt think I'd ever say I shut off an Adam Sandler movie 15 minutes in...."

My response is always "Well now you can"

Even if you're a huge Sandler fan, please don't bother with this extremely disappointing comedy! I bought this movie for $7.99, assuming it has to be at least halfway decent since my man Sandler is in it and because I assumed some women would get naked (judging by the R-rating and scantily-clad women on the cover). Well, there are quite a few scantily-clad women, but none get naked. I'm not sure what point this was in Sandler's career, but I'm guessing it was even before his SNL days. I can be wrong. This is like watching one of his home movies. He might look back at a cheesy movie like this and reminisce about the good ol' times...but we (the audience) are left to dry. This is hardly a "movie"! Sandler does a lot of talking to the camera, and even admits at one point that this is "no-budget" movie (that's right, not a low-budget movie, a NO-budget movie). So our job is pretty much to laugh AT the quirky characters. There is no steady plot, it's like an extended sketch comedy show--but a crude and badly written one. That guy who played the nasty comedian was completely annoying and it was implausible in the first place that he would receive such a mass audience. And Sandler finds his comic inspiration by saying the one classic Henny Youngman line "Take my wife, please" and the audience is on the floor? I'm not even going to TRY to make any logic here. Sure, Sandler's current and recent movies are not known for making a lot of sense (the penguin in "Billy Madison," the midget in "Happy Gilmore's" Happy Place) but the comedy works. This is a strictly amateurish work, and even if you're curious about Adam's early days in film--you still won't be interested. You're better off checking out his start on SNL or maybe his underrated role in "Mixed Nuts." Of course, the Sandman is not the only actor wasted in this thankless vehicle. Billy Bob Thornton also makes a short appearance, Billy Zane ("Titanic") has a supporting role and the great Burt Young (from the "Rocky" movies) has a significant role.

This awful comedy will most probably be collecting dust on the 99-cent rental section of your local video store--and rightfully so.

My score: 3 (out of 10)

I realize after the several dozen Adam Sandler movies I've seen that he is an acquired taste, and for the most part, I've enjoyed his movies and rated them accordingly for their watchability. This one ranks as the very least watchable and as one that I wouldn't mind seeing every print "accidentally" destroyed. It's a good thing that it was instantly forgotten, otherwise we wouldn't have his more watchable films, particularly the nearly half dozen he's done up to this point with Drew Barrymore.

As a waiter aboard a huge cruise ship, all he does is comment on the various shipboard entertainers while desperately seeking his own chance at becoming a stand up comic. The shipboard comic is completely unfunny, having a laugh that instantly makes you want to reach through the screen and push him overboard, or in my case wishing that a giant shark would suddenly jump up and swallow him whole.

Then there's the crude rock singer, a man with as much talent as a drum with a hole in it. He gets a bunch of disgusting moments with various groupees, eye rollingly hideous and embarrassing. The women themselves whom Sandler keeps getting rejected by get their own big introduction, and they are as funny as the worries of what happens to a piece of hard candy when swallowed whole. A 24 hour marathon of "Out to Sea" would provide more laughs than this. Sandler is rather cute in his debut, but 30+ years later, there should be a warning with him speaking that encourages the viewer to bypass this one and head directly to "Mixed Nuts*.