Boat Trip

Boat Trip

Year: 2003

Runtime: 94 min

Language: English

Director: Mort Nathan

Budget: $20M

Comedy

Two friends, Nick and Jerry, accidentally end up on a gay cruise and find themselves in a surprisingly unfamiliar environment. They are challenged to examine their preconceived notions as they experience the world of same-sex romance firsthand. Amidst the journey, Nick develops a connection with a beautiful model named Inga, while Jerry finds himself drawn to a captivating dance instructor, Gabriella, learning about acceptance and unexpected connections.

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Jerry, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Nick, Horatio Sanz, are two close friends whose love lives have hit rock bottom. Jerry’s girlfriend Felicia has turned down his marriage proposal in a hot air balloon after vomiting all over him and tells him she’s met someone else. After Nick runs into a friend who is marrying a beautiful, younger girl he met on a singles cruise, he convinces Jerry to go on a similar adventure together.

While on their way to the travel agency, they get into a verbal altercation with a gay man who works at the agency they plan to book the cruise through. The manager attempts to patch things up by handling their booking personally and the situation appears to be resolved. After Jerry and Nick leave, it is revealed that the agent and manager, both men, are actually gay partners, and booked them on a cruise for gay men.

During their trip, Jerry falls in love with the cruise’s dance instructor Gabriella, Roselyn Sanchez, and in order to win her over, he pretends to be gay so he can get closer to her. Meanwhile, Nick tries to get rescued by a helicopter flying over the ship by shooting a flare gun which hits the helicopter and it lands in the ocean. On the helicopter is the Swedish bikini team and Nick blossoms a romance with their captain, Inga. After an accidental affair with her mean, sex-obsessed coach Sonya, Nick must fend her off, after she has fallen in love with him as well.

Realizing she’s still in love with Jerry, Felicia finds him on the cruise but outs that he’s straight in front of Gabriella who’s developed feelings for Jerry but doesn’t want to be with a liar. Felicia tells Jerry they can get married and they leave together. At the wedding, Nick pretends to be in love with Jerry to stop him from making a mistake and with help from their new friends on the cruise, they fly Jerry to the new cruise ship Gabriella is working on.

In the end, Jerry wins Gabriella while Nick loses out on Inga but sees a potential relationship with her sister instead. However, he is then unwittingly (and unwillingly) reunited with Sonya; much to his disgust and her instant arousal upon seeing him.

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