This is a film you will see over and over again.
This film has all the elements to a great and memorable film and walter mattau and lemmon knock off yet another odd couple film masquarade.
The first thing about this film is the scenery and the love boat atmosphere this film evokes.
Film as a outlet of escape, always does the itself justice when a great plot is blended with a great location and scenery.
film's are packaged story telling that reverberates all those experiences of travelers and love boaters who can reminisce about the most memorable personal stories that they have shared with themselves and others.
the idea that you travel with many fellow travelers who are travelers who you will probably never se again adds to spice of life live for the moment feel and this film delivers.
where people destiny's are met even for a moment in time and that moment of time is forever.
where people destiny's are met even for a moment in time and that moment of time is forever.
I truly believe when we watch films, the part of us that really enjoys the film is the part we relate you our own experiences and this film evokes them.
I term it the romantic comedy as it blends the two beautifully mixing emotions without the dreary over the top chick flick of the by gone era.
The film is a journey and a voyage where destiny's meet.
The movie begins with the opportunity for charlie [matthau] to find an excuse to get a free cruise ticket and entices his friend the odd partner, herb[lemmon] with the prospect of meeting rich widows. However the actual condition of their free travel tickets is that they are in fact entertainers on the ship and who receive crapped conditions of accommodation.
From this set point the film already creates the contrast for the preceding conflict between the characters.
This is reaffirmed by the role played by brent spiner [gil godwin] who is a cruise director, a dance man raised on a military boat.
The classic que of the opportunistic and cunningly funny antics of matthau's characte whilst disguising the fact that they are not in fact dancers but free loaders trying to befriend rich widow woman with the over bearing and controlling brown noser to the ship owner played by Rue McClanahan from golden girls- [Ellen Carruthers] antics of gil godwin create suitable tension for walter to improvise his classic prev ado in the dance scenes in the cruise nightclub.
Walter conning his way in trying to find a rich widow is completely tongue in cheek and his romantic sincerity's flourish with his rondavu with actress Elaine Stritch playing - Mavis LaBreche who is also hiding a little secret. so their is a poignant message overlayed between the hilarious comic scenes throughout the film.
the characterisation of walter matthau that he has played throughout his career is the tongue in cheek, cheeky, sarcastic opportunist with the warm well intentioned heart. Their is very little difference between walter on screen to the real man and this the substance that binds the success of many of his films.
he adds that honesty in the film.
his character forms in direct opposition to hypocritical conflicts we go through everyday life and many offsprings have been created playing walter's style of character, for example, rodney dangerfield in caddyshack defending the people's golf club to the rich man's golf club represented by the villain, the judge" in the film.
This is the classic cause and conflict formula that are tried and tested and pass the test of time when directors and script writers use this formula for their future comedy movies.
The movie has class, it bridges the nostolgic past with the future with the likes of donald o connor with his last movie appearance as the tap dancer. The movie is charming as it adds the entertainment music factor a must for any boat themed movie.
for me most of all is seeing the culmination of the lemmon and matthau combination set to parade in the sunset of their career.
the movie's formulation is timeless and matthau's sense of humour makes this a brilliant film.
the movie is a refreshing contrast to the boyish teen hollywood actors who nervously dribble up to a girl they like.
walter sets it straight with romance, with comedy and with true heart felt moments in the film
the characterisation of walter matthau that he has played throughout his career is the tongue in cheek, cheeky, sarcastic opportunist with the warm well intentioned heart. Their is very little difference between walter on screen to the real man and this the substance that binds the success of many of his films.
he adds that honesty in the film.
his character forms in direct opposition to hypocritical conflicts we go through everyday life and many offsprings have been created playing walter's style of character, for example, rodney dangerfield in caddyshack defending the people's golf club to the rich man's golf club represented by the villain, the judge" in the film.
This is the classic cause and conflict formula that are tried and tested and pass the test of time when directors and script writers use this formula for their future comedy movies.
The movie has class, it bridges the nostolgic past with the future with the likes of donald o connor with his last movie appearance as the tap dancer. The movie is charming as it adds the entertainment music factor a must for any boat themed movie.
for me most of all is seeing the culmination of the lemmon and matthau combination set to parade in the sunset of their career.
the movie's formulation is timeless and matthau's sense of humour makes this a brilliant film.
the movie is a refreshing contrast to the boyish teen hollywood actors who nervously dribble up to a girl they like.
walter sets it straight with romance, with comedy and with true heart felt moments in the film
A pair of grumpy old men hit the high seas in this comedy. Small-time con man Charlie (Walter Matthau) fast-talks his considerably more straight-laced friend Herb (Jack Lemmon) into joining him for a luxury cruise on an ocean liner headed to the Bahamas. Charlie tells Herb that the trip is free and will be a good way to meet rich widows; both parts are true enough, but Herb doesn't know that Charlie has signed them on as dance hosts (hence the free tickets), and Herb isn't sure if he's ready for romance after the recent death of his wife. As the men struggle with the fact that Herb isn't much of a hoofer (and Charlie can't dance at all) under the strict tutelage of cruise director Godwyn (Brent Spiner), Charlie starts sweet-talking beautiful heiress Liz (Dyan Cannon), while Herb finds a soul mate in Vivian (Gloria DeHaven), who lost her husband not long ago. Out to Sea also stars Elaine Stritch, Hal Linden, Rue McClanahan, and Donald O'Connor, who pulled his dancing shoes out of mothballs for his role. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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