Trailer
Summary
Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+41)
Critics 4Audiences 45GoodWatch 25
Tomatometer4%
IMDb4.9
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings2.5/5
Audience score37%
Box office
37%of its budget back
- Budget
- $53 M
- Worldwide
- $20 M
Worldwide it made back $20 M of the $53 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 34 min
A typical length for comedies, −6 min on the typical 100
typical 10094Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
1997
May 30, 1997
29 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism24 of 44
Joe PesciJoe Waters
Danny GloverGus Green
Rosanna ArquetteRita
Lynn WhitfieldAngie
Willie NelsonBilly 'Catch' Pooler
Nick BrimbleDekker Massey
Gary GrubbsPhil Beasly
Carol KaneDonna Waters- EDEdythe DavisCookie Green
- JBJenna BariGena Waters
- SBSamantha BrownTracy Green
- JDJeff DiLuccaMack Waters
- JAJamil Akim O'QuinnGregory Green
Frankie NassoYoung Joe
Raynor ScheineGlenn- RHRobyn HackettNicky
- JRJames R. GreeneBubba
- SWSteve WiseJ.P.
- CHClaudia HaroJulie
Jonathan AvildsenParking Lot Valet- BNBob NobleManager
- JPJeff PrettymanMaitre D'
Judy ClaytonDeana Bernini
Antoni CoroneFront Desk Clerk
Directing · 1
- Christopher Cain Director, Art Direction
Writing · 2
- J.J. Abrams Writer
- Jill Mazursky Writer, Executive Producer
Production · 4
- Roger Birnbaum Producer
- Julie Bergman Sender Producer
- Rick Montgomery Casting
- Dan Parada Casting
Camera · 1
- Dean Semler Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jack Hofstra Editor
Sound · 1
- Randy Edelman Original Music Composer
Art · 5
- Lawrence Miller Production Design
- Phil Dagort Art Direction
- Cloudia Rebar Set Decoration
- Michael Rizzo Art Direction
- Deborah Ross Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Lizzy Gardiner Costume Design
- John M. Elliott Jr. Makeup Department Head
Other crew · 17
- Donna Evans Stunts
- Gene LeBell Stunts
- Chuck Picerni Jr. Stunts
- Tony Epper Stunts
- Sandra Lee Gimpel Stunts
- Diana R. Lupo Stunts
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