Overboard

PG

Released Dec 16, 1987

1 hr. 52 min.

Comedy

List

46%

35 Reviews

Tomatometer

74%

50,000+ Ratings

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Snobbish and wealthy Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is living a life of leisure with her husband, Grant (Edward Herrmann), when she falls off their yacht and suffers amnesia. Grant takes the opportunity to rid himself of the demanding Joanna -- but Dean (Kurt Russell), a widowed carpenter with four kids who once worked for Joanna, arrives and claims she's his wife. Joanna can't remember her past identity, but has trouble believing that she was ever meant to be a working-class mother of four.

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Critics Consensus

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell's comedic chops elevate waterlogged material, but not even their buoyant chemistry can keep Overboard's creepy concept afloat.

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O'Kiem B

Ms. Hawn's ass gets this 1 4 stars by itself...sorry, not sorry🤷🏾‍♂️

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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Kensi B

I liked this more than I thought I would. It's "good clean fun" as the elders would say.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/24

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Selena V

I loved this movie when I was a kid and still love it today I don't know who can day this movie isn't great you can actually see the love between Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Estuard F

Una clásica comedia romántica con nostalgia

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/24

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David W

A good romantic comedy which is elevated to great by the obvious chemistry of the two leads who are both on great form. The concept of the movie is questionable (and it could have gone really badly in the wrong hands) but hey, it's handled well and it's a comedy so I can suspend belief and forgive that..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/24

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Tim L

One of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell's best movies. Heart warming story, well acted and produced. The definition of romantic comedy. Should have been at least >75 on the Rotten Tomatoes scale.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Garry Marshall

Director

Goldie Hawn

Joanna Stayton

Kurt Russell

Dean Proffitt

Edward Herrmann

Grant Stayton III

Katherine Helmond

Edith Mintz

Mike Hagerty

Billy Pratt

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Overboard: Official Clip - Was I Always This Miserable?

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Overboard: Official Clip - The Washing Machine

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Overboard: Official Clip - Annie Is Catatonic

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Overboard: Official Clip - Cooking Fiasco

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Overboard: Official Clip - I'm Your Husband

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Overboard: Official Clip - No Boom Boom

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Overboard: Official Clip - Grant Ditches Joanna

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Overboard: Official Clip - Rich Bitch

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Overboard: Official Clip - Joanna Regains Her Memory

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Overboard: Official Clip - Haughty Joanna

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Harper Barnes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hawn and Russell make a cute couple, and Overboard has a fair amount of charm. Like a lot of movies these days, it takes this one too long to end, but up until the last 20 minutes or so, it is a moderately entertaining, old-fashioned formula comedy.

Aug 1, 2022

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Why [Kurt Russell] wouldn`t simply leave [Goldie Hawn] alone is just one of the film`s flaws.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 23, 2017

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Dan Fienberg

Zap2it.com

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

Rated: 1/5

Oct 20, 2005

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

This popular piece of piffle from director Garry Marshall (who made his career in piffle) mainly stays afloat thanks to the presence of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 28, 2021

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a bizarre setup that's employed to mostly watchable and genial effect...

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 28, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It's fairly commonplace in '80s comedies to design stories that can't end believably, but this setup has a particularly nerve-wracking pace.

Rated: 6/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Synopsis

Snobbish and wealthy Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is living a life of leisure with her husband, Grant (Edward Herrmann), when she falls off their yacht and suffers amnesia. Grant takes the opportunity to rid himself of the demanding Joanna -- but Dean (Kurt Russell), a widowed carpenter with four kids who once worked for Joanna, arrives and claims she's his wife. Joanna can't remember her past identity, but has trouble believing that she was ever meant to be a working-class mother of four.

Director: Garry Marshall
Executive Producer: Roddy McDowall
Screenwriter: Leslie Dixon
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 16, 1987, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 12, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.9M
Sound Mix: Surround

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