Meet Arthur (Tucci) and Maurice (Platt), two unemployed actors-turned-stowaways on a luxury liner overflowing with the looniest, liveliest assortment of mixed nuts ever to set sail. Perpetually in search of an opportunity to act, Arthur and Maurice must give the performances of a lifetime to evade the ship's officers and foil the dastardly plot of an outrageously deranged crewman. It's unfortunate to report that The Impostors--a misguided, but slightly noble, attempt to return to both the Hope and Crosby Road movies as well as the screwball comedies of the '30s and '40s --really, really doesn't work. Writer, director, and star Stanley Tucci (who created the gorgeous Big Night) plays Arthur, who along with Maurice (Oliver Platt) finds himself stowing away on an ocean liner and forced into multiple masquerades. The film has a dream cast of supporting players, including Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, and Campbell Scott, but the humor never works and this vessel founders quickly. --Keith Simanton