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A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 11%, Metacritic 39/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,400 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
550 audience votes
Key crew
- Hugh WilsonScreenplay
- Andrew KurtzmanScreenplay
- Eliot WaldScreenplay
- David S. WardDirector
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kelsey GrammerLt. Commander Tom Dodge
- Lauren HollyLt. Emily Lake
- Rob SchneiderLt. Marty Pascal
- Harry Dean StantonLt. Howard
- Bruce DernRear Admiral Yancy Graham
- William H. MacyCaptain Knox
- Rip TornAdmiral Winslow
- Ken Hudson CampbellSeaman Buckman
- Toby HussSeaman Nitro
- Duane MartinPlanesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson
- Jonathan PennerSeaman Stanley 'Spots' Sylvesterson
- Bradford TatumEngineman 1st Class Brad Stepanak
