Overboard

Watch: Overboard

12/16/19871h 52m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ From opulence... to rags... to love. ~

Overview:

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$22,000,000.00

Revenue:

$26,700,000.00

Key words:

amnesia
mother role
rich woman poor man
working class
fish out of water
hillbilly
single father
heiress
carpenter
opposites attract
rich snob
payback
mischievous
lighthearted
unruly children

Cast

Goldie Hawn

~ as ~

Joanna Stayton / Annie Proffitt

Kurt Russell

~ as ~

Dean Proffitt

Edward Herrmann

~ as ~

Grant Stayton III

Mike Hagerty

~ as ~

Billy Pratt

Katherine Helmond

~ as ~

Edith Mintz

Roddy McDowall

~ as ~

Andrew

Jared Rushton

~ as ~

Charlie Proffitt

Jeffrey Wiseman

~ as ~

Joey Proffitt

Brian Price

~ as ~

Travis Proffitt

Jamie Wild

~ as ~

Greg Proffitt

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Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
Written 5 year(s) ago
8
This movie wouldn’t make any of my top 20 lists (if I took the time to create some) but I think it is a charming film, and that is quite an accomplishment. Because if it weren’t for the talented ensemble main actors, Garry Marshall directing, and a witty script (the writer has Pay it Forward and others on her resume), this movie could easily have been a stinker. As it is, it has a lot of laughs, cute child actors, some character development, and a fun time for all.

It is priceless to watch the Goldie Hawk character go from snooty, haughty rich bitch, to a sensitive self-deprecating amnesiac mom who is not cut out for motherhood and in over her head. What she learns about herself doesn’t come from her memory, but from what the Kurt Russell character relates to her, so she hears how she had sex with him their first date and she says, “I’m a slut.” Sexist, of course, but at least she is saying it about herself, and she does come through for her ‘family’ in the end.

It is a harmless good time. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but I wouldn’t change channels if it came on either. As an aside, I haven’t seen the remake, so I can’t make comparisons. Probably should judge both on their own merits anyway, right?