Out To Sea MPAA Rating: PG-13 Entertainment: +1 1/2 Content: -2

Charlie (Walter Matthau) has a predilection for horse betting which has put him at the end of his financial rope. Herb (Jack Lemmon), his skeptical brother-in-law, lost his wife a year ago to cancer. Now Charlie has come up with a can't miss scam to make him money and take away Herb's loneliness. He talks Herb into joining him for what Charlie promises will be the most luxurious vacation of their lives, aboard a Caribbean-bound cruise ship. But Charlie has left out a few minor details. Most importantly, to earn free passage, they must work as dance hosts. Charlie plans to do a little gold-digging with the wealthy ladies, and he thinks Herb will find a woman to make him happy again. Once the ship sets sail, Charlie and Herb embark on their own journey filled with romance, laughter, and a few surprises along the way. The intended audience of older adults will find OUT TO SEA mildly amusing, but not worth the value of a full-priced ticket. The hit-and-miss humor misses often, and the chemistry between Matthau and Lemmon is believable, but not much more.

Herb displays some redeeming qualities as he speaks of his love and dedication for his now deceased wife. But Charlie is reprehensible. His goals are to find a rich, good-looking woman, have sex with her, and get his name on her bank account. Both men are prone toward foul language, blurting out many crude words, obscenities, and profanity. Sexual innuendo also runs rampant as Charlie frequently makes crude references to women's bodies. There's some social drinking, and sex is implied twice as Charlie is able to seduce a woman. No nudity or sex is shown, but extra-marital sex is portrayed as favorable. Family viewers who take this ship out to sea will feel like they're drowning in a current of filth.

Preview Reviewer: Jason Shepherd
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, 10201 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035