Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Star Partners, Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, USA, 1987.
Participating The Kurt Russell Blogathon event arranged by Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews and Return to the 80s blog!
Carpenter Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) is hired to build cabinets in a luxury yacht. Snobby, picky and bored rich heiress Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is not satisfied with the completed work and refuses to pay. She rudely pushes unlucky Dean overboard. Luckily the harbour is near.
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| Dean |
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| Joanna (not) enjoying rich life |
Karma strikes back soon as Joanna falls into sea and loses her memory. Her husband Grant (Edward Herrmann) uses the opportunity by abandoning her into the hospital. "Never seen her!" says Grant and proceeds to have wild parties in the yacht. Dean sees Joanna's face in the TV and plans to get a bit payback by disguising as her husband. Luxury live is changed to living in Dean's shack with his kids. Joanna is renamed Annie and has to do her share of cleaning and cooking. The absence of mother has made the kids into rascals.
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| Joanna/Annie making dinner |
However Dean gets more than he planned as the kids like Joanna and she starts fixing things of the dysfunctional family. The people in Dean's neighbourhood are genuine compared to fake socialites of Joanna's former life. Things get romantic but what happens if Joanna gets her memory back?
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| Romance! |
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| Family idyll! |
"Overboard" is a feel-good 1980s comedy with hillbilly charm, and Goldie does a versatile role as a rude heiress who turns nice. Kurt Russell plays a happy-go-lucky handyman, a bit rough around the edges but who is a working like a dog to support his family. The story is formulaic but the real-life couple has good chemistry and both of them are funny. Kurt Russell shows his comedic skills, and shows that he is can be more than an action star (interestingly in one scene his leather jacket looks similar to Snake Plissken's). Although the story is almost about kidnapping, it should not be taken seriously but as light-hearted entertainment.
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| Dean taking it easy |
Veteran actor Roddy McDowall appears as Andrew the Butler.
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| Andrew |
Rating:
Good
Good
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagerty, Roddy McDowall, Jared Rushton, Jeffrey Wiseman, Brian Price, Jamie Wild, Frank Campanella, Harvey Miller, Frank Buxton, Carol Williard, Doris Hess, Ed Cree, Mona Lyden, Lucinda Crosby, Bing Russell, Richard Stahl, Ray Combs, Marvin Braverman, The Wright Brothers
Director: Garry Marshall
Director: Garry Marshall
En ole nähnyt vuosiin, mutta tykkäsin aikoinani kovastikin. Oliko se nyt tämän myötä kun Hawn ja Russell menivät yhteen, mutta väliäkö sillä, heidän kemiansa pelaa niin hyvin etten yhtään ihmetellyt pariutumista.
ReplyDeleteMuistaakseni menivät yhteen muutamaa vuotta aiemmin, vaan edelleen lempi leiskuu.
DeleteThanks for entering the blogathon with this movie that introduced me to Kurt Russell as a kid. Love your lighthearted review and was great revisiting the movie again - thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you for organizing an interesting blogathon again!
DeleteTämänkin menivät sitten uusiksi vääntämään. Roolit vain on heitetty päinvastoin.
ReplyDeleteRemaken kosto. Voehan nenä.
DeleteThis movie is hilarious, a comedy classic, and I am so glad you covered it for the blogathon because of Russell’s best pairing with his longtime love the amazing Goldie Hawn. Also would love to give a shout out to the marvelous Roddy McDowall who is so wonderful as the Butler...
ReplyDeleteNow I need to see this one again soon—I plan to skip the remake!
Fun movie and great cast! Surely the remake couldn't get better.
DeleteTämä kuuluu myös minun lapsuuden suosikkeihini. Oli parasta että se "ylpistelevä ämmä" sai ansaitsemansa, mutta sitten lopulta häntä rupesi käymään jo vähän sääli. :D
ReplyDeleteOi, pidän tästä suuresti. Hienosti kirjoitettu.:)
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