Overboard (1987)
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.
- Garry Marshall
- Katy Emde
- Matt Earl Beesley
- Nick Abdo
- Paul Fonteyn
- Julie Pitkanen
- Leslie Dixon
Rating: 6.8/10 by 838 users
Alternative Title:
小迷糊表错情 - CN
Hombre Nuevo Vida Nueva - SV
Um Salto para a Felicidade - BR
Dama za burtą - PL
Зa бoртом - RU
落水姻缘 - CN
しおかぜのいたずら - JP
Overboard – Ein Goldfisch fällt ins Wasser - DE
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 52 minutes
Budget: $22,000,000
Revenue: $26,700,000
Plot Keyword: amnesia, yacht, mother role, rich woman poor man, working class, fish out of water, hillbilly, single father, heiress, carpenter, opposites attract, rich snob, payback, unruly children
This movie wouldn’t make any of my top 20 lists (if I took the time to create some) but I think it is a charming film, and that is quite an accomplishment. Because if it weren’t for the talented ensemble main actors, Garry Marshall directing, and a witty script (the writer has Pay it Forward and others on her resume), this movie could easily have been a stinker. As it is, it has a lot of laughs, cute child actors, some character development, and a fun time for all. It is priceless to watch the Goldie Hawk character go from snooty, haughty rich bitch, to a sensitive self-deprecating amnesiac mom who is not cut out for motherhood and in over her head. What she learns about herself doesn’t come from her memory, but from what the Kurt Russell character relates to her, so she hears how she had sex with him their first date and she says, “I’m a slut.” Sexist, of course, but at least she is saying it about herself, and she does come through for her ‘family’ in the end. It is a harmless good time. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but I wouldn’t change channels if it came on either. As an aside, I haven’t seen the remake, so I can’t make comparisons. Probably should judge both on their own merits anyway, right?
