Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I had to stop watching this after the Adam Sandler character gave a short introduction and then did a "funny walk" up a long gangplank accompanied by a sprightly pizzicato soundtrack. I thought about it for a little while. Whose idea was that -- the jaunty waving arm, the goofy smile? Was it the director's idea? Did the director's Uncle Morty, who used to be in vaudeville, visit the set at the onset of shooting and say, "What you need is a boffo comic walk to liven things up a little?" Was the director too intimidated by Uncle Morty's show-biz provenance to refuse? Or did young Adam Sandler himself concoct that schtick?Who knows if the rest of the movie was any good. I had to stop right there because that scene made me spiritually and physically ill.

I chose this movie, because I wanted to see a movie that is in the IMDb bottom 100. I'm not a big Adam Sandler fan, but nevertheless I was hoping that it couldn't be that bad as the 1.9 rating it's receiving.Boy, was I wrong. I think even 1.9 is too much. It was so bad, that I couldn't watch the whole movie in one piece. I saw it in two pieces, and still found it difficult to keep watching.The only reason I gave this movie 1 star is because there is a rock song in the movie that wasn't so bad (although very bad play-backed), otherwise there is no reason to give this movie a star at all.If you want to see a movie from the IMDb bottom 100, have a try, but otherwise please stay away from it. Otherwise it's want to make you going overboard!

I do not understand all those negative reviews, i just watched it and laughed several times. It's like an early Woody Allen movie, a schlemiel talking to the camera, being an underdog during the movie, and eventually winning. Even the joke about the old woman being mugged by two hoodlums could have been told by Woody Allen.With a guest appearance of Milton Berne. The continuously breaking of the fourth wall, the commenting on the badness of the movie, pointing out the plot holes, .... This movie was years ahead of it's time.A nice 80's movie with some great music and extremely stupid dancing. And also nicely politically incorrect.

Released in May of 1989, this $200,000 comedy farce is really only notable for being the first feature film to star future A-list funny man, Adam Sandler. But before he matured, or was even cast as a player in Saturday Night Live, he starred as a struggling comic onboard a cruise. After his recent string of uninspired, unfunny cash-grabs, it's easy to forget Sandler was once a hilarious comic with some truly great material... sadly however, we get almost none of that in this sorry excuse for a film. Instead, he puts on stupid voices, mugs for the camera, and generally acts like an incompetent goof for the majority of the 97 minute film. The supporting cast includes Tom Hodges, Scott LaRose, Billy Zane, and Billy Bob Thorton - none of whom are the slightest bit memorable. The story plods along to the incessant sounds of a steal drum calypso, bland jazz, and cheap Muzak, also the actual presentation style is curious and inconsistent.Sandler himself breaks the fourth wall to introduce us to the story, immediately apologizing for its "no budget", and then he's shelping the viewer around boat like we're watching his personal vlog. But other sequences are conventionally shot, and edited for some reason - I hesitate to guess what director Valerie Breiman was possibly thinking. The lethargic and pointless narrative is worsened by constantly cutting away to Miss Universal confessionals, ridiculous dream sequences, and Burt Young as General Noriega who is actually watching the film itself on VHS, who defends his honor by shouting at the TV, "We'll see who gets the last laugh, you left over worthless kangaroo vomit!" Besides being awfully paced, the R-rated movie is really quite uncomfortable and awkward... every scene plays out three times longer than it needs to, almost as if they were deliberately padded so the picture could qualify for "feature length". With unrealistic dialogue, and empty characters - this film is devoid of conflict and tension, making it at true struggle to actually sit through. It's no surprise this film presently sits in IMDb's bottom-10 rated movies of all time... it is just so painfully boring, I regretted watching literally every scene. "Going Overboard" is a "Terrible. Not even enjoyable ironically." With no redeeming qualities and nary a single laugh whatsoever, it's a wonder Sandler actually managed to have a successful career after piece of GARBAGE.