Ever wondered why sometimes you just can't help but like a film? It may be goofy, with stereotypical characters and absurd situations. It may have limited character development and the story be rather banal, but you still like it a lot. If you wanted to be seriously critical you could say the plot of this film has many holes (i.e., how do the swimmers end up performing so well?), and calling the characters caricatures would be generous. Still, Waterboys is lovely and irresistible, for the simple reason that it achieves something the majority of today's comedies don't: it's actually a lot of fun. -- LunaSea