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Overboard

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

6.8 / 10

112 minutes

1987-12-16

English

US

Actors :

Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Mike Hagerty, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Jared Rushton, Jeffrey Wiseman, Brian Price, Jamie Wild, Frank Campanella, Henry Alan Miller, Frank Buxton, Carol Williard, Doris Hess

Description

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.

Reviews

Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

6/23/2021, 3:58:43 PM

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, c...