I know I'm in the minority here, but I didn't hate this movie. It's by no means a great movie, but it's watchable. I didn't find it tedious and a bore to get through. It was dumb and unfunny but I felt intrigued enough by the setting and story and characters to want to see it through to the end. I don't disagree with many of the criticisms this film gets - but I don't think it's as bad and devoid of merit as it's caricatured and regarded to be. The setting of a cruise ship is always alluring and glamorous and seductive and pleasing to the eye - as are the girls. True, more (i.e. something) could have been done with the Miss Universe beauty pageant sideplot; not least because Adam Sandler as an aspiring comedian isn't very interesting ... or even convincing. As a protagonist he doesn't win my sympathy at all (he's just as unfunny and undeserving of stage time as the antagonist comic he replaces). Nonetheless, at least the movie HAS a plot, as stupid and uninspired and bare-bones as it is.
Review of Going Overboard
