Out to Sea is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Robert Nelson Jacobs.

The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to work as dance hosts.

Ruled by tyrannical, control-freak cruise director Gil Godwyn, they do their best, despite Charlie's failed dance.

The other is lovely widow Vivian, who was a successful book editor and who is under the impression that Herb is really a doctor, not a dancer.

However, Herb is still very much in love with Susie, which conflicts with his growing feelings for Vivian, leading him to stand her up on the day when they were supposed to view a solar eclipse.

However, Gil, deducing that Charlie was in his room, busts him in front of Liz and her mother, who promptly dump him and decide to leave the cruise.

She credited Brent Spiner as a funny "scene-stealer", and said that Ms. DeHaven is "almost as pretty" in this film as she was in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936).

[5] Joe Leydon of Variety wrote, "For the most part, Lemmon, like Matthau, recycles shtick from earlier, better pictures.