Do you want to see ‘Overboard’?

Overboard (1987)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 23
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 12

No consensus yet.

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 65,767

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

This screwball comedy casts real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn in a film that finds the latter returning to her roots in a role reminiscent of Private Benjamin (1980). Hawn stars as Joanna Stayton, a snooty heiress who summons carpenter Dean Proffitt (Russell) to her lavish yacht, where she wants an expanded closet constructed that will house her valuable wardrobe. When Dean fails to build the closet out of cedar, Joanna haughtily dismisses him without payment. Later, Joanna falls

PG, 1 hr. 52 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Garry Marshall

In Theaters: Dec 18, 1987 Wide

On DVD: Sep 19, 2000

MGM Home Entertainment

Overboard Trailer & Photos

Cast

Goldie Hawn
Joanna Stayton/"Annie P...
Kurt Russell
Dean Proffitt Carpenter
Edward Herrmann
Grant Stayton III
Katherine Helmond
Edith Mintz Joanna's Mo...
Michael G. Hagerty
Billy Pratt
Roddy McDowall
Andrew Butler
Jared Rushton
Charlie Proffitt
Jeffrey Wiseman
Joey Profitt
Brian Price
Travis Proffitt
Jamie Wild
Greg Proffitt Charlie's...
Frank Campanella
Capt. Karl
Harvey Miller
Dr. Norman Korman
Bill Applebaum
Coast Guard Friend
Marvin Braveman
Doctor At Hospital
Frank Buxton
Wilbur Budd TV Broadcas...
Ray Combs
Cop at Hospital
Lucinda Crosby
Waitress
Hector Elizondo
Garbage Scow Skipper (u...
Robert Goldman
Crew Helmsman
Israel Juarbe
Engine Room Crewman
Mona Lyden
Gertie
Julie Paris
Grant's Girl Friend
Bing Russell
Sheriff Earl
Richard Stahl
Hosptal Psychiatrist
Paul Tinder
Coast Guard Captain
Carol Williard
Rose Budd
Tom Wright
The Wright Brothers Ban...
Ed Cree
Thud Gittman
Paul Fonteyn
Chef Paul
Antonio Garc�a
Chef Antonio
Doris Hess
Adele Burbridge
Lisa Hunter
Grant's Girlfriend
Scott Marshall
Coast Guard Spotter Luc...
Robert Meadows
Crew
Keith Syphers
Crew
Don Thompson
Coast Guard Guy
The Wright Brother's Band
Tim Wright
The Wright Brothers Ban...
Lisa Beth Ross

Critic Reviews for Overboard

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (14) | DVD (5)

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.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

| Comment

Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

A warm and funny movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

| Comment

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

If there's an amnesia movie worse than Overboard, it slips my mind.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

| Comment

Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

Marshall's sunny, sitcomedic comedies tend to be kinda bad but also compulsively watchable, and this one's no exception... [Blu-ray]

August 4, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

| Comment

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn are truly the only reasons to keep watching this otherwise flaccid comedy, which feels static when it should zing and oppressive when it should soar.

August 1, 2011 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

| Comment

Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

'80s comedy has some iffy stuff for PG; won't interest kids.

August 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

| Comment

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

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

October 20, 2005 Comment

Dan Fienberg

Zap2it.com

A good screwball comedy.

October 9, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

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

August 28, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

| Comment

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Professionally done romantic comedy, but not worth the bother.

August 2, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Not rotten, so surprisingly good in its mediocrity.

September 24, 2003 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

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

June 22, 2003 Comment

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for Overboard

View All

Goldie Hawn is hilarious! A classic!

June 23, 2011

Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Goldie Hawn is great!

November 27, 2010

Jameson Worley

Super Reviewer

Overboard Quotes

View All

1. Dean Proffitt Carpenter: I loved it. Refreshing not like the new stuff. Give me the good oldies anytime. New movies Bah!
– Submitted by Sylvia F (2 months ago)

Submit a Quote from 'Overboard'

A quote can be a single line from one character or a memorable dialog between several characters. Please make your quotes accurate. Quotes will be submitted for approval by the RT staff.

Example:

Luke: Alright. I'll give it a try.
Yoda: No. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.