TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE

Name: TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE
Item: TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE
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“Vacation Turned Nightmare”

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

Entertainment Quality:

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Language
Violence
Sex
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What You Need To Know:

TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE, streaming on Netflix, is a documentary covering the events of the 2013 Carnival Triumph cruise disaster. On February 10, on its way back to Texas from Cozumel, Mexico, the Carnival experienced a fire in the engine room. The fire, though quickly extinguished, burned through the power lines in the generator, leaving the ship without any automated systems or propulsion. The passengers must survive almost five days onboard with no working toilets, AC, or galley operations before finally being towed back to land.

The documentary features original footage from the event and does a good job of organizing it all together in a fluid manner. While TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE does have a couple of light cases of moral elements, it centers heavily around a materialistic, romanticistic worldview. Everyone on the ship is encouraged to focus only on themselves. There is much partying, sex is talked about and implied, and there’s a cartoon-style depiction of sex. Alcohol is abundant and talk of getting drunk is shown in a positive light. Language and toilet humor are heavy. MOVIEGUIDE® advises Extreme caution for all ages.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Light moral worldview of family. Dad expresses strong feelings about protecting his daughter. A bible study is held on the ship, and people sing Amazing Grace. However, a very strong materialistic and romanticist worldview is displayed throughout the movie. People only care about themselves, what they can get, and how they feel. They express getting drunk and having no dignity as a positive thing.

Foul Language:

22 obscenities (7 “f” words plus one WTF is implied), 9 profanities (Multiple “OMG”, “WTH”, and the name of Christ is misused once) 3 uses of “piss”. Gosh, crap, and feces are used. There are many mentions of poop and urine throughout the movie, along with some toilet humor. A woman urinating is depicted.

Violence:

One of the passengers describes violence on the ship, but none is shown.

Sex:

Implied fornication. A woman describes being in another man’s bed when the ship alarm goes off, and we see a shot of her in his bed. A woman talks about the amount of sex on cruise ships. Two people are said to have had sex on the deck of the ship in open view, and an animation is used to depict it. A woman talks of not wanting to flash anyone when she sits down.

Nudity:

Upper male nudity and women in bikinis. Women in crop tops are seen. An animation is used to show a man and woman without pants, peeing overboard. The man’s buttocks are seen. Upper and lower female nudity is shown while a woman is peeing in the shower. We see the side of her thigh, buttocks, and torso.

Alcohol Use:

Drinking is encouraged throughout the movie, and people and bars are quite a common theme. A couple of the ladies talk about getting so drunk that they leave their dignity behind and don’t remember a thing. At one point, the bar is open for free beer, and people are shown drinking large amounts and getting drunk.

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

One of the women mentions she is taking Imodium. A man smokes a cigar.

Miscellaneous Immorality:

People are shown hoarding food. A dad and a mom are divorced.

More Detail:

TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE, streaming on Netflix, is the true story of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship disaster. On February 10, 2013, the Carnival Triumph set sail from Galveston, Texas, with over four thousand passengers and crew onboard. After stopping in Cozumel, Mexico, they start the cruise back to Texas. In the early morning hours of February 10, everyone is issued out on deck as a fire had started in the engine room. The fire was extinguished, but not before it had burned through all the power lines in the generator room. The ship is suddenly without power in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

The AC stops working along with the toilets, sinks, kitchens, and all other power-related appliances. Worst of all, the ship’s propulsion system is no longer working, so the whole boat is stranded. The documentary describes how living conditions quickly deteriorate as sewage accumulates and food supplies become scarce. People begin hoarding the available food and dividing themselves into factions. Eventually, tugboats arrive, and while the plan is initially to be towed back to Mexico, they discover that they have drifted over one hundred miles off course and are nowhere near the Mexican coast. They decide to get towed to the closest port in the U.S, which is Mobile, Alabama, instead.

The documentary features original footage from the event and does a good job of organizing it all together in a fluid manner. Everyone interviewed, both cast and crew, were the actual people involved in the event. If their goal was to portray the dire state of the stranded ship, they did a good job. It exposes the rough conditions on the ship, with thousands of people and no basic amenities. They interview a fair number of people, but it’s a small enough group that you can follow through the story as it progresses, which lends it a more personal feel.

While TRAINWRECK: POOP CRUISE does have a couple of light cases of moral elements, it centers heavily around a materialistic, romanticistic worldview. Everyone on the ship is encouraged to focus only on themselves. There is much partying, sex is talked about and implied, and there’s a cartoon-style depiction of sex. Alcohol is abundant and talk of getting drunk is shown in a positive light. Language and toilet humor are heavy. MOVIEGUIDE® advises Extreme caution for all ages.