Boat Trip
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| Directed by | Mort Nathan |
| Written by | Mort Nathan William Bigelow |
| Starring | Cuba Gooding Jr. Horatio Sanz Roselyn Sanchez Vivica A. Fox |
| Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | March 21, 2003 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | English |
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Boat Trip is a 2003 comedy film directed by Mort Nathan.
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[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Singles cruise. Double trouble.
Once you're on, you'll want to get off
Jerry and Nick are two best buddies whose love lives have hit rock bottom. For Jerry, he vomited all over his uptight, pretentious girlfriend Felicia on a hot air balloon trip prior to proposing to her.
After running into a friend who has married a beautiful girl way above him, the pair tries to escape their troubles and do the same by booking a trip on board a cruise ship. On the way to the travel agency, they have an encounter in the parking lot with a straight-acting gay man. Nick and Jerry walk into the agency, realizing that the man works at the agency, and resume the argument from outside. The manager (Will Farrell) apologizes for the exchange and books their cruise personally. However, Nick and Jerry are unaware that the travel agency manager has just played a horrid trick on them in retaliation for Nick offending what appears to be his lover after they leave.
Though the cruise ship they're to board has a large banner on the gangplank proudly proclaiming its service to the gay community, Nick and Jerry somehow miss it. After the ship leaves the dock, it becomes apparent that the ship is full of homosexual men. In an attempt to leave the ship, Nick fires a flare gun into the air, hoping that a ship populated by straight people will come. The flare turns out to hit a chopper carrying a Swedish bikini team, causing the helicopter to go down. The ship saves the dozen gorgeous blondes, who are kept on a tight leash by their mysogonistic coach, determined to keep them away from men.
Jerry tries to make the best of the situation by pursuing the lovely straight dance instructor until trouble boards ship in the shape of his spoiled ex-girlfriend Felicia who wants him back.
Though Nick is making progress with one of the bikini teammates, he also learns more about himself on the trip. He finds that he enjoys being in the company of the gay men who are becoming his friends, after learning that they're not much different from straight men. After waking up with one of them in the same bed, Nick, believing he may have had sex with him, thinks maybe he could be a latent homosexual. The theory is dismissed when the man tells him nothing happened and he continues in his pursuits of the Swedish blond.
[edit] Cast
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Jerry Robinson
- Horatio Sanz as Nick Ragoni
- Roselyn Sanchez as Gabriella
- Vivica A. Fox as Felicia
- Victoria Silvstedt as Inga
- Roger Moore as Lloyd Faversham
- Artie Lange as Brian
- Richard Roundtree as Felicia's Dad
- Will Ferrell as Brian's Boyfriend (uncredited)
[edit] Reception
This film was panned by the critics and performed poorly in theaters. Chris Rock made jokes about Cuba Gooding, Jr. during the 2005 Oscars telecast for starring in this movie after receiving an Oscar. Some may view the film as homophobic. A reviewer for The Advocate, United States's oldest and most influential GLBT-related publication, stated that the film was too terrible to protest about.
