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
Overboard (1987)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:10
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Katherine Helmond, Edward Herrmann
Director: Garry Marshall
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Reviews for Overboard
A warm and funny movie.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf there's an amnesia movie worse than Overboard, it slips my mind.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhile 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.
05/20/03
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01/26/06
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03/26/09
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05/24/03
Top CriticKurt Russell abuses Goldie Hawn into becoming a better, more caring woman? Who thinks this stuff is funny? Lots of people, unfortunately.
10/20/05
Professionally done romantic comedy, but not worth the bother.
08/02/04
A good screwball comedy.
10/09/05
Not rotten, so surprisingly good in its mediocrity.
09/24/03
Mediocre in every way. Memorable only because of whimsical camp value.
12/24/02
Cute and inoffensive. Sweet but not so much that you hate yourself for liking it. This is a good thing.
06/22/03
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10/27/05
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08/22/03
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02/10/04
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02/18/07
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04/27/05
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07/28/05
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05/19/05
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