An embittered old mariner and an unwanted young orphan form an unlikely bond building a boat.An embittered old mariner and an unwanted young orphan form an unlikely bond building a boat.An embittered old mariner and an unwanted young orphan form an unlikely bond building a boat.
Joseph John Schirle
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- TriviaBruce Dern was considered for the role of Abner.
- ConnectionsReferenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Baby Geniuses (2015)
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In IMDB and other film review channels there is 'The Plot' & often 'The Plot Summary'. The plot for this film is so weak that they are one and the same! The film is very linear from beginning to end. Old hermit building a sailing sloop as his lifetime hobby. He has no need of people and enjoys his own company. Local kids tease him. One young kid befriends him. They complete the boat together. The boat is launched (you don't see any of these completions or launch - the film budget must have been like < $10k). Then the old hermit, Captain Crazy finds that the young boy stowed away on the boat but is not too unhappy about it. The film ends. It's kind of like.... I went to the beach, I dug a hole, I played in the water, I drank lemonade, I went home. If this film receives scores of 1 or 2 I can understand it. Each actor played his or her part like they were forced into do it under duress. I've still given it 6/10 and that is only because this could be Christopher Lloyd's penultimate self performance. After all he is 80 years old now.
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