Rotten
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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Overboard
From opulence... to rags... to love.
1987 · 1h 52m · PG
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Garry Marshall
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Overboard
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 and cast
- Garry Marshall Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A warm and funny movie.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
If there's an amnesia movie worse than Overboard, it slips my mind.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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