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Overboard

Overboard

Comedy · Romance · 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.

Movie details

Overboard

“From opulence... to rags... to love.”

1987 Comedy · Romance 1h 52m

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6.8 / 10

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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.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Written by

Leslie Dixon

Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn

Joanna Stayton / Annie Proffitt

Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Dean Proffitt

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Grant Stayton III

Mike Hagerty

Mike Hagerty

Billy Pratt

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

Edith Mintz

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Andrew

Jared Rushton

Jared Rushton

Charlie Proffitt

Court is in session

Put Overboard on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.