I avoided this film since it came out because it looked like it wasn't worth my time but because I've heard and laughed at Dan Harmon's description and rants about the film, I figured I'd give it a shot.I won't pull punches here: The film is awful. The humor is lower than sub-par, it's downright mean-spirited and predicated on the fact that the writer clearly had no idea how homosexuals act and decided to have out-dated and offensive stereotypes take the place of somewhat decently conceived gags. The acting is so tortuously over-the-top that it looks like people trying to make fun of over-actors but failing because they can't act and, finally, the editing can only be described as a hack job. The only shining light the film has is the fact it has contributed to some great material for Dan Harmon to joke about on his podcast.

After dancing to James Brown's "I Feel Good" in his upscale home, Cuba Gooding Jr. (as Jerry Robinson) takes girlfriend Vivica A. Fox (as Felicia) out in a hot air balloon. During his marriage proposal, Mr. Gooding pukes on Ms. Fox, due to motion sickness (it clears up later). Furious, she refuses to walk down the aisle. Later, Gooding's portly pal Horatio Sanz (as Nick Ragoni) encounters an older friend with a new, busty blonde mate. The happy couple's meeting took place on a cruise, so Mr. Sanz persuades Gooding to join him on a cruise. The men offend gay travel agents and are vengefully booked on a cruise for homosexual men only...Gooding and Sanz are so excited about meeting women, they don't notice the parade of gay men getting ready for action. Aboard ship, Gooding falls for beautiful dance instructor Roselyn Sanchez (as Gabriella) and decides he and Sanz should pose as a gay couple so he can court her. Sanz is turned on by Swedish bikini model Victoria Silvstedt (as Inga), but questions his sexuality after a drunken evening with his gay card-playing buddies. Former secret agent Roger Moore plays a relatively inoffensive man who desires Sanz. We never see Mr. Moore in bed with anyone, or care about who Gooding hooks up with. "Boat Trip" sinks in its own stupidity.** Boat Trip (10/4/02) Mort Nathan ~ Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Vivica A. Fox

The critics came down hard on this film when it was originally released-- and many still are--but in truth, "Boat Trip" is an intensely likable, appealingly energetic, throw-your-head-back funny romantic/sex comedy that is powered by two factors: Cuba Gooding Jr.'s charm and the trio of women headliners', namely Vivica A. Fox--here, bless her, completely bypassing her usual fiercely irritating "homegirl" style--Roselyn Sanchez, and Victoria Silvstedt, sexiness. Cuba, for his part, is his usual engaging self as he, with his buddy, "Saturday Night Live"'s Horatio Sanz, unwittingly boards a all-homosexual cruise, falls for said cruise's sexy and vivacious dance instructor, played by Sanchez, and, to win her, pretends to be homosexual himself. And Fox and Silvstedt deftly keep up with her on the sex-appeal scale. Really and truly, "Boat Trip" may not have been, and still may not be, the critics' darling, but it provides the rest of us with a good, laugh-getting, visually splendid time.

Okay people, i read so many mixed reactions about this one, that I literally tip toed to watch it. My friend Evan hated, and said it was worse than Dogville, but my Dad said it was great. And i am a big Horatio Sanz fan, but who isn't?!... so I ventured.I loved it! Don't let the liberal media fool you, Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is a great comedian and scholar, and he manages to cruise this moving picture with grace and gusto. There are some darker, gross out moments, but they serve the story (just like the gross out moments in any Cronenberg or Bela Tarr films). Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) is great as the b***h, but her character is well developed and goes well beyond clichés.Till next time.