Cabin Boy
by Adam Resnick
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Actor: Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliott, James Gammon, Ricki Lake, Ritch BrinkleyDirector: Adam Resnick
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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- Get ready for over-the-top hilarity when comedy original Chris Elliott (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, SCARY MOVIE 2) goes overboard in this hysterical high-seas misadventure that's sure to keep everyone laughing! Elliott stars as Nathanial Mayweather, a spoiled rich kid whose plans for a ritzy Hawaiian cruise backfire, finding him lost at sea with a gang of salty old sailors. And when his
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DVD Review: a lighthearted and enjoyably crazy flick
Summary: 4 Stars
Chris Elliot plays the part of 'fancy lad' Nathaniel Mayweather, a resident at the finishing school for young gentlemen, where he puts everyone around him in a terrible mood all the time. He has learned of some things, but he's rude and crass and hasn't applied any of the techniques to carry himself properly.
He's supposed to see his dad in Hawaii and take over the family business and leaves to travel -- however, instead of boarding the "Queen Catherine", he mistakenly ends up on the "Filthy Whore" boat with a bunch of smelly, gruff fiserman and a dumb-as-a-carp assistant. Young Nathaniel is a 30-something virgin who's quite effeminate, but he grows up throughout the process of encountering others and discovering what he wants in life.
It's all just silly fun and I get a kick out of it. I could picture Adam Sandler in a movie like this, but I'm glad it's not one of his vehicles. "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" were silly but were pretty lame. I find this to be more comical and believable in a sense (aside for the special effects, of course).
Chris Elliot always appears naturally ridiculous and I felt more like he wasn't acting. All in all, I had a better time with this and it's too bad that Elliot didn't have any other silly flicks.
Unfortunately, it's a short film at only about 80 minutes (approx. 78, I'd say, after the credits). However, it seems to have a fast-pace and lots of stuff going on. Plenty of locations visited and weird stuff taking place.
I had this on an old video and was glad to get it on DVD. It's a very bare-bones release with no extras, which is horrible, since a Chris Elliot commentary would have been just as fun.
Strange characters or funny things:
- Chocki, the half-man/half-shark offspring of a Viking who fell in love with a shark
- giant, tobbaco-spitting cupcake
- living iceberg monster which attacks the "Filthy Whore"
- Cappy (the FH's captain) singing the "Essie May" sea shanty
- powerful, wind-blowing clouds look neat
- attack by a giant housewares-shop owner (the husband of Calli, an island's 6-armed lonely housewife who lives in a mountain and helps lonely fisherman/cabin boys 'come of age')
- Nathaniel's dancing to "Alley Cat" while beer cans are being chucked at him by the drunken fisherman
- "Oddly, it tastes like Marzipan..." says Nathaniel when he's forced to clean the ship's deck with his tongue
- the late Brion James is perfect as one of the salty-talk seaman
- "It would be my pleasure, my dear underpaid professor." was one thing that got me laughing a lot. Just the way it was delivered by Nathaliel was terrific.
Anyway, it's a goofy flick with stupidity and fun! David Letterman's cameo is good and I can say that this is one of my favourite comedies.
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