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--->'''Herb''': Listen to me, you snivelling little brown nose! I have lived for 71 years, I fought a war, I buried my wife, ''and'' I have survived ''48'' white sales at Gimbels! So if you think that some little fop like you is gonna stop me, you got another thing coming!
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* TheSnarkKnight: '''Mavis'''. Being played by Elaine Stritch will do that.
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''Out to Sea'' is a 1997 RomCom directed by Creator/MarthaCoolidge and starring the duo of Creator/WalterMatthau and Creator/JackLemmon in their respective penultimate film roles, Creator/JackLemmon, as well as Dyan Cannon, Elaine Stritch, Creator/DonaldOConnor, Creator/HalLinden, Creator/RueMcClanahan, Gloria [=DeHaven=], Edward Mulhare, and Creator/BrentSpiner.
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* LiarRevealed: Refreshingly for the genre, [[spoiler: Liz and Vivian are pretty reasonable and mostly willing to listen to Charlie and Herb's explanations (and that's before getting into Liz having been lying to Charlie herself.)]] The bigger hurdles turn out to be Herb's CommitmentIssues and Charlie getting in trouble with Gil.
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''Out to Sea'' is a 1997 RomCom directed by Creator/MarthaCoolidge and starring the duo of Creator/WalterMatthau and Creator/JackLemmon in their respective penultimate film roles, well as Dyan Cannon, Elaine Stritch, Creator/DonaldOConnor, Creator/HalLinden, Creator/RueMcClanahan, Gloria [=DeHaven=], Edward Mulhare, and Creator/BrentSpiner.
Widower Herb Sullivan (Lemmon) is conned by his deep-in-debt brother-in-law Charlie Gordon (Matthau) into working alongside him as dance hosts aboard an all-expenses paid luxury cruise to Mexico.
Herb develops an interest in widow Vivian ([=DeHaven=]), who is onboard with her daughter and son-in-law on their honeymoon, but he still struggles with trying to move on from his late wife.
Charlie, wanting to romance a rich widow in hopes of marrying her and paying off his debts, hits it off with Texan widow Liz [=LaBreche=] (Cannon), but faces scrutiny from her MamaBear mother Mavis (Stritch) and competition from English gentleman Cullen Carswell (Mulhare).
Threatening Herb and Charlie's goals is tyrannical cruise director Gil Godwyn (Spiner), who's taken an immediate dislike to them and would have no problem kicking them off the ship if they fraternize socially with the guests (in Herb's case) or are revealed to not be able to dance (in Charlie's case).
This was the final film for [=DeHaven=], O'Connor, and Mulhare, who passed away less than two months before the film's release.
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* AnAesop: Taking a chance is worth it, no matter how scared you are.
** Tell the truth, especially since [[spoiler: the other person might also be lying to you as well.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The ending, especially given that [[spoiler: both Charlie and Liz tell each other the truth about their respective cons]] and that Herb has taken a chance to go after Vivian.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Charlie states "Okinawa" as the reason he knew how to speak some Japanese, implying he served in the island's military occupation, before clarifying that he actually learned it at a seafood restaurant on the Sunset Strip by that name.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Herb, when he [[ReageBreakingPoint finally blows up at Gil]] in a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
--->'''Herb''': Listen to me, you snivelling little brown nose! I have lived for 71 years, I fought a war, buried my wife, ''and'' I have survived ''48'' white sales at Gimbels! So if you think that some little fop like you is gonna stop me, you got another thing coming!
* BigEater: Sylvia (Dale Raoul) is implied to be one.
--->'''Sylvia''': I was a size 4 when I got on this ship.
* BookEnds: Gil's first song song in the film is "Cheek to Cheek". The same song is then sung by [[spoiler: Mac (Linden) at the end of the film, as we see a ''miserable'' Gil now in his new job as dance host.]]
* ChekhovsGag: Gil smelling Charlie's gas station cologne sets him up later to recognize it smelling his pillow after Charlie and Liz "borrowed" his room.
* CommitmentIssues: Herb blows several chances to get closer to Vivian, since he still carries a torch for [[TheLostLenore his late wife]] Susie.
* TheConscience: Herb is obviously this to Charlie.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Vivian's taxi just happens upon the same seaplane port as the [=LaBrechts=] at the film's climax, though possibly justified as said seaport is the closest thing to an airport in that area.
* DanceOfRomance: Naturally with Herb and Vivian. Spoofed with Charlie's later "rhumba" with Ellen.
* DeadpanSnarker: Herb
* TheDogBitesBack: Herb, Mac, and Jonathan to Gil near the end of the film.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how. Herb and Charlie [[spoiler: have to take a lifeboat off the cruise liner and onto the ocean, catch up to Vivian and the [=LaBreches=]'s seaplane, and fire a flare to get their attention.]]
* EnragedByIdiocy: Gil, which is justifiable given his job, but of course, he takes it to tyrannical levels.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Charlie wins at the Santa Anita racetrack, but is unfortunately still short in paying off his bookie.
** Herb celebrates his and his deceased wife's wedding anniversary with two place settings. That is, before Charlie arrives and reminds him that he is actually one day off from the correct date.
* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: Carswell and Charlie in their LoveTriangle with Liz.
* HappilyEverAfter
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Charlie, when he wears a tuxedo for his first dance and later meeting Liz.
* HereWeGoAgain: Charlie asks Herb to lend him some money, as [[spoiler: his taped-together check from Carswell cannot yet be cashed.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Liz turns out to ''also'' be on the ship to marry a rich suitor. And like Charlie, she is also flat broke.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Mavis thinks Liz is this when it comes to Charlie. Given Carswell is another potential suitor, it's hard to blame her.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Herb soon has regrets over his part in Charlie's plan and over lying to Vivian about his job. Charlie, on the other hand, [[SkewedPriorities is more focused on]] beating Carswell for Liz's affections.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Gil yelling at Charlie and Herb and [[spoiler: calling Ellen an "old bat" without knowing Ellen herself is [[RightBehindMe right behind him]] gets him fired from his job and demoted to the more lowly job of dance host by the end of the film.]]
** Charlie and Liz, see HoistByHisOwnPetard.
* LiarRevealed: Refreshingly for the genre, [[spoiler: Liz and Vivian are pretty reasonable and mostly willing to listen to Charlie and Herb's explanations (and that's before getting into Liz having been lying to Charlie herself.)]] The bigger hurdles turn out to be Herb's CommitmentIssues and Charlie getting in trouble with Gil.
* MaintainTheLie: [[spoiler: Mavis [[AsYouKnow reminds]] Liz that they spent their "last two dimes" on their impressive suite to keep up their wealthy image.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The [=LaBreches=] are supposedly from Texas, but their accents are mild at best and nonexistent at worst, though it's possible [[spoiler: they lied about their origins as well.]]
* MamaBear: Mavis makes no bones about this to Charlie, especially given she clearly wants Liz to hook up with Carswell instead.
* PrecisionFStrike: Jonathan Devereaux (O'Connor), at least for a film rated PG. O'Connor's delivery and babyish face really sell it.
--->'''Jonathan''': ''(to Gil)'' '''''Prick.'''''
** If you read his lips, Gil has one as well ([[LoopingLines though it's been dubbed over with "freaking"]]) when he confronts Herb about Charlie not returning from the restroom.
* QuestionableConsent: At least mildly anyways. Charlie tricks both Gil (with a false work message supposedly from Ellen) and Ellen (with a false romantic note from Gil) into ending up in the same suite together so Charlie can use Gil's room alone with Liz. Add to this the fact that Ellen is Gil's ''boss'', and Gil has already been established as being desperate for a promotion, though the most we ever see is Ellen surprising him with champagne before she throws the door closed, and Gil being ''visibly'' sore and exhausted the next morning.
* RewatchBonus: Knowing [[spoiler: Liz's true motivations]] helps her flirtatious deameanor and many gifts of flowers make ''a lot'' more sense to the viewer.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' duology. Lemmon and Matthau are still VitriolicBestBuds (though not nearly as much as in the other films), but are now also related (by marriage), and find new romantic partners in the same film. Lemmon's character is the widower instead of a divorcee, and he and Matthau are once again joined by a cast of movie and Broadway legends.
* WhamLine: When Liz tells her mother that she and Charlie are getting married.
--->'''Mavis''': Hot ''damn!'' [[spoiler: I knew we'd snag ''one'' of 'em!]]
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''Out to Sea'' is a 1997 RomCom directed by Creator/MarthaCoolidge and starring the duo of Creator/WalterMatthau and Creator/JackLemmon in their respective penultimate film roles, well as Dyan Cannon, Elaine Stritch, Creator/DonaldOConnor, Creator/HalLinden, Creator/RueMcClanahan, Gloria [=DeHaven=], Edward Mulhare, and Creator/BrentSpiner.
Widower Herb Sullivan (Lemmon) is conned by his deep-in-debt brother-in-law Charlie Gordon (Matthau) into working alongside him as dance hosts aboard an all-expenses paid luxury cruise to Mexico.
Herb develops an interest in widow Vivian ([=DeHaven=]), who is onboard with her daughter and son-in-law on their honeymoon, but he still struggles with trying to move on from his late wife.
Charlie, wanting to romance a rich widow in hopes of marrying her and paying off his debts, hits it off with Texan widow Liz [=LaBreche=] (Cannon), but faces scrutiny from her MamaBear mother Mavis (Stritch) and competition from English gentleman Cullen Carswell (Mulhare).
Threatening Herb and Charlie's goals is tyrannical cruise director Gil Godwyn (Spiner), who's taken an immediate dislike to them and would have no problem kicking them off the ship if they fraternize socially with the guests (in Herb's case) or are revealed to not be able to dance (in Charlie's case).
This was the final film for [=DeHaven=], O'Connor, and Mulhare, who passed away less than two months before the film's release.
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* AnAesop: Taking a chance is worth it, no matter how scared you are.
** Tell the truth, especially since [[spoiler: the other person might also be lying to you as well.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The ending, especially given that [[spoiler: both Charlie and Liz tell each other the truth about their respective cons]] and that Herb has taken a chance to go after Vivian.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Charlie states "Okinawa" as the reason he knew how to speak some Japanese, implying he served in the island's military occupation, before clarifying that he actually learned it at a seafood restaurant on the Sunset Strip by that name.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Herb, when he [[ReageBreakingPoint finally blows up at Gil]] in a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
--->'''Herb''': Listen to me, you snivelling little brown nose! I have lived for 71 years, I fought a war, buried my wife, ''and'' I have survived ''48'' white sales at Gimbels! So if you think that some little fop like you is gonna stop me, you got another thing coming!
* BigEater: Sylvia (Dale Raoul) is implied to be one.
--->'''Sylvia''': I was a size 4 when I got on this ship.
* BookEnds: Gil's first song song in the film is "Cheek to Cheek". The same song is then sung by [[spoiler: Mac (Linden) at the end of the film, as we see a ''miserable'' Gil now in his new job as dance host.]]
* ChekhovsGag: Gil smelling Charlie's gas station cologne sets him up later to recognize it smelling his pillow after Charlie and Liz "borrowed" his room.
* CommitmentIssues: Herb blows several chances to get closer to Vivian, since he still carries a torch for [[TheLostLenore his late wife]] Susie.
* TheConscience: Herb is obviously this to Charlie.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Vivian's taxi just happens upon the same seaplane port as the [=LaBrechts=] at the film's climax, though possibly justified as said seaport is the closest thing to an airport in that area.
* DanceOfRomance: Naturally with Herb and Vivian. Spoofed with Charlie's later "rhumba" with Ellen.
* DeadpanSnarker: Herb
* TheDogBitesBack: Herb, Mac, and Jonathan to Gil near the end of the film.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how. Herb and Charlie [[spoiler: have to take a lifeboat off the cruise liner and onto the ocean, catch up to Vivian and the [=LaBreches=]'s seaplane, and fire a flare to get their attention.]]
* EnragedByIdiocy: Gil, which is justifiable given his job, but of course, he takes it to tyrannical levels.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Charlie wins at the Santa Anita racetrack, but is unfortunately still short in paying off his bookie.
** Herb celebrates his and his deceased wife's wedding anniversary with two place settings. That is, before Charlie arrives and reminds him that he is actually one day off from the correct date.
* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: Carswell and Charlie in their LoveTriangle with Liz.
* HappilyEverAfter
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Charlie, when he wears a tuxedo for his first dance and later meeting Liz.
* HereWeGoAgain: Charlie asks Herb to lend him some money, as [[spoiler: his taped-together check from Carswell cannot yet be cashed.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Liz turns out to ''also'' be on the ship to marry a rich suitor. And like Charlie, she is also flat broke.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Mavis thinks Liz is this when it comes to Charlie. Given Carswell is another potential suitor, it's hard to blame her.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Herb soon has regrets over his part in Charlie's plan and over lying to Vivian about his job. Charlie, on the other hand, [[SkewedPriorities is more focused on]] beating Carswell for Liz's affections.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Gil yelling at Charlie and Herb and [[spoiler: calling Ellen an "old bat" without knowing Ellen herself is [[RightBehindMe right behind him]] gets him fired from his job and demoted to the more lowly job of dance host by the end of the film.]]
** Charlie and Liz, see HoistByHisOwnPetard.
* LiarRevealed: Refreshingly for the genre, [[spoiler: Liz and Vivian are pretty reasonable and mostly willing to listen to Charlie and Herb's explanations (and that's before getting into Liz having been lying to Charlie herself.)]] The bigger hurdles turn out to be Herb's CommitmentIssues and Charlie getting in trouble with Gil.
* MaintainTheLie: [[spoiler: Mavis [[AsYouKnow reminds]] Liz that they spent their "last two dimes" on their impressive suite to keep up their wealthy image.]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The [=LaBreches=] are supposedly from Texas, but their accents are mild at best and nonexistent at worst, though it's possible [[spoiler: they lied about their origins as well.]]
* MamaBear: Mavis makes no bones about this to Charlie, especially given she clearly wants Liz to hook up with Carswell instead.
* PrecisionFStrike: Jonathan Devereaux (O'Connor), at least for a film rated PG. O'Connor's delivery and babyish face really sell it.
--->'''Jonathan''': ''(to Gil)'' '''''Prick.'''''
** If you read his lips, Gil has one as well ([[LoopingLines though it's been dubbed over with "freaking"]]) when he confronts Herb about Charlie not returning from the restroom.
* QuestionableConsent: At least mildly anyways. Charlie tricks both Gil (with a false work message supposedly from Ellen) and Ellen (with a false romantic note from Gil) into ending up in the same suite together so Charlie can use Gil's room alone with Liz. Add to this the fact that Ellen is Gil's ''boss'', and Gil has already been established as being desperate for a promotion, though the most we ever see is Ellen surprising him with champagne before she throws the door closed, and Gil being ''visibly'' sore and exhausted the next morning.
* RewatchBonus: Knowing [[spoiler: Liz's true motivations]] helps her flirtatious deameanor and many gifts of flowers make ''a lot'' more sense to the viewer.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' duology. Lemmon and Matthau are still VitriolicBestBuds (though not nearly as much as in the other films), but are now also related (by marriage), and find new romantic partners in the same film. Lemmon's character is the widower instead of a divorcee, and he and Matthau are once again joined by a cast of movie and Broadway legends.
* WhamLine: When Liz tells her mother that she and Charlie are getting married.
--->'''Mavis''': Hot ''damn!'' [[spoiler: I knew we'd snag ''one'' of 'em!]]
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