WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R As of this review date the reason was not available, but it's obviously for profanity.ĬAST AS ROLE MODELS: With the film obviously being a screwball comedy, none of the characters' behavior is meant to be taken seriously. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Unless they're fans of someone in the cast, or of old-fashioned, screwball type comedies, it's not very likely. Essendine (DANA IVEY) and her depressed daughter Emily (HOPE DAVIS), who've suddenly found their high society lifestyle cut short.Īs Arthur and Maurice continuously try to avoid Burton and the crew who are searching for them, they learn of the First Mate's, and also Maxi and Johnny's plans and do what they can to thwart those efforts.
They also meet Maxi (ALLISON JANNEY) and Johnny (RICHARD JENKINS), two Americans posing as French passengers with their own evil plans of murder Sparks (BILLY CONNOLLY), a robust and gay tennis player with a thing for the men onboard, and Mrs. BOUGERE) who has a passion for his gramophone and entertainer Happy Franks (STEVE BUSCEMI) who's recently become suicidal. As Arthur and Maurice scramble from room to room throughout the ship trying to hide, they encounter a wide variety of idiosyncratic passengers and crew.Īmong them is the Captain (ALLAN CORDUNER) and his First Mate (TONY SHALHOUB), a mysterious man who plans to blow up the ship to help a recently deposed Queen (ISABELLA ROSSELLINI) the Sheik (TEAGLE F. Meistrich (CAMPBELL SCOTT), the German head steward, who has an unreturned love for Lily, order the ship's detective, Marco (MATT McGRATH), who is Lily's secret lover and nephew of the captain, to find the two stowaways. With the assistance of Lily (LILI TAYLOR), the head stewardess, Arthur and Maurice hope to get off the ship, but find their exit path blocked by Burton who's taking the same cruise. After a brief chase through a bar and across a port dock, Arthur and Maurice hide from the pursuing police in a shipping crate.Īwakening the next morning, the two find that their crate has been brought onboard a cruise ship destined for Paris. Reluctantly attending a performance of Hamlet as acted by Jeremy Burton (ALFRED MOLINA), a pretentious English performer they can't stand, the two friends get into trouble when Burton later overhears Maurice debunking his performance. Their bumbling ways and indecisiveness, however, often ruin their staged attempts, and instead of getting food, they get other nonedible items such as theater tickets. Constantly practicing their routines and rehearsing their canned facial expressions, the two have resorted to acting out cons simply to feed themselves. PLOT: Arthur (STANLEY TUCCI) and Maurice (OLIVER PLATT) are two unemployed, Depression- era actors looking for work. QUICK TAKE: Comedy: Two unemployed, Depression-era actors must contend with a bevy of idiosyncratic characters after finding themselves stuck on a cruise ship trying to elude a famous actor who's charged them with assault.
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