Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 15% based on 17 reviews.
Caryn James of The New York Times describes the film as "an inane fish-out-of-water comedy" and says "That Sinbad survives with his dignity and comic reputation intact is amazing" but notes that Phil Hartman is not so lucky.
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