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Two years before he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, Adam Sandler starred in this comedy as Shecky Moskowitz, who wants to get a job as a comedian on a cruise ship, but when that job is taken, ... read more read more...signs on as a waiter instead, hoping fate will lend a hand. The cast also includes Burt Young, Peter Berg, Billy Zane, and a then-unknown Billy Bob Thornton. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Valerie Breiman

Release Date: June 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: March 23, 1999

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  • June 14, 2007
    Movies pretty horrible, even for a low-budget film. It's seriously hard to get any worse. Adam Sandler is the man, but, this movie did what it was titled.. it went overboard, way before it started going!
  • December 24, 2008
    You will want to jump overboard half way through the moive.
  • September 3, 2007
    Horrible early movie from Adam Sandler
  • November 9, 2007
    One of his first and you can tell it is old. Not very Funny but he is always funny to a point. I own it
  • November 1, 2007
    Whenever I say a movie which isn't this movie is the worst movie I have ever seen, it is because I have blocked this movie from my memory.
  • July 13, 2007
    Skip this movie. poorly written. Tons of gratuitous bakini shots. cameo by Billy Bob Thorton. Burt Young's talent is wasted. Only interesting thing is looking how Adam Sandler has developed his stuff. It's not the worse movie I have seen.
  • June 15, 2007
    one of the worse movies i have ever seen. Glad the rest of Sandlers movies did not turn out this bad.
  • March 3, 2007
    This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. I would have had more fun getting a cavity filled. However, I still recommend that you see the movie because, let's face it, it's pretty cool to be able to say you've seen the worst movie ever made.
  • January 30, 2007
    i gotta say, this was a pretty gay movie...i think it was probly one of his first little projects, and once he made it big, they released it...sorry, i'm a huge sandler fan, but this is a waste of time!
  • January 21, 2007
    Worst Movie Ever. I am a huge Adam Sandler fan, but this movie is by far the worst I have ever seen.

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David Nusair
February 28, 2012
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...a slapdash and thoroughly amateurish piece of work that suffers from a total dearth of positive attributes. Full Review

Douglas Pratt
May 22, 2008
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser

When a star becomes really successful, the public is inundated with every scrap of celluloid he ever worked on as he learned his craft, and such is the case with this Adam Sandler vehicle.

Clint Morris
March 11, 2006
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Couldn't get this one banned, Sandler?

Emanuel Levy
August 29, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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