affable aspire cartoonist hoop mccann ( a wonderfully engaging performance by john cusack ) and his best buddy george ( the deliciously deadpan joel murray ) go to nantucket for the summer follow graduation from high school . hoop and george and and several newfound pal come to the aid of cassandra ( demi moore at her most charming ) and a singer who family house be be threaten with demolition by the greedy beckersted clan . writer or director savage steve holland offer an often hilariously wacky and zesty nonstop barrage of admittedly broad and dumb and but still very funny joke . the constant madcap lunacy have a real giddy and good natured and infectiously inane vitality to it that impossible to either dislike or resist . moreover and the lively and enthusiastic acting from a fine game cast add immensely to the zany merriment represent bobcat goldthwait a the spastic egg stork and tom villard a his goofy brother clay and curtis armstrong a the sweet ack ack raymond and mark metcalf a evil rich jerk aquilla beckersted and matt mulhern a the mean teddy and kimberly foster a the fetching cookie and joe flaherty a the gung ho general raymond and william hickey a cranky old man beckersted and jeremy piven a smug preppy bully ty and and john matuszak a hulk biker stan . isidore mankofsky slick cinematography and the hip thrashy soundtrack and cory lerios cool rockin score and and the funky animation be all uniformly excellent . single funny scene represent egg in a godzilla suit terrorize a posh dinner party . an absolute hoot .