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Overboard (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 10  Rotten:10 Average Rating: 5.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Synopsis: Joanna is an obnoxious, wealthy woman, who becomes afflicted with amnesia after she slips off her yacht. Dean Proffitt is the gruff, blue-collar woodworker who recently had a nasty run-in with Joanna. Dean spots the memory-free lass on television, and in an act of vengeance, "comes forward"... Joanna is an obnoxious, wealthy woman, who becomes afflicted with amnesia after she slips off her yacht. Dean Proffitt is the gruff, blue-collar woodworker who recently had a nasty run-in with Joanna. Dean spots the memory-free lass on television, and in an act of vengeance, "comes forward" to declare her as his wife. The once-pampered Joanna is now performing housework and caring for Dean's four uncouth boys! The two eventually fall in love with each other, but when Joanna's real husband shows up (and makes her aware of her riches), whom will she choose? [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Katherine Helmond, Edward Herrmann, Roddy McDowall

Director: Garry Marshall

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 19, 1999

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Additional Release Material:

  • 4-Page Booklet with Trivia and Production Notes
  • Theatrical Trailer

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
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01/26/06
Time Out
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3/5

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10/27/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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1/5

Kurt Russell abuses Goldie Hawn into becoming a better, more caring woman? Who thinks this stuff is funny? Lots of people, unfortunately.

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10/20/05
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com
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3/5

A good screwball comedy.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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2/5

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07/28/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

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05/19/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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3/5

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04/27/05
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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3/5

Overboard is a dizzy comedy about the ways in which wealth insulates the rich from the simple pleasures of life.

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08/28/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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2/5

Professionally done romantic comedy, but not worth the bother.

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08/02/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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3/5

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02/10/04
Spence D.
IGN Movies
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2/5

Not rotten, so surprisingly good in its mediocrity.

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09/24/03
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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3/5

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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4/5

Cute and inoffensive. Sweet but not so much that you hate yourself for liking it. This is a good thing.

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06/22/03
Widgett Walls
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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film
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While the prospect of watching Miss Hawn play a rude, nasty socialite is appealing, and even the transformation to homebody is a funny idea, Overboard winds up taking things too far.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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2/5

Mediocre in every way. Memorable only because of whimsical camp value.

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12/24/02
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
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2/5

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12/20/02
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
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12/01/02
Tony Toscano
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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