Storyline
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
Directors
Cast
Eugenio Derbez, Eric Keenleyside, Anna Faris, Ron Bottitta, Jesús Ochoa, Garry Chalk, John Hannah, Kennith Overbey, Swoosie Kurtz, Michael Karl Richards, Édgar Vivar, Eva Longoria, Mel Rodriguez, Cecilia Suárez, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Angie Larocque, Toby Hargrave, Emily Maddison, Josh Segarra, Hannah Nordberg, Nils Hognestad, Omar Chaparro, Tara Erica Moore, Elizabeth Bowen, Lee Shan Gibson, Cynthia Mendez, Celeste Ziegler, Guy Christie, Payton Lepinski, Mariana Treviño, Fernando Luján, Adrián Uribe, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Thomas Nicholson, Javier Lacroix, Per Graffman, Edwin Perez, Natalie Kay Dunn, Morgan Brayton, Davin Mackay
Trailer
Reviews
68
Even as a welcome offering to audiences from a broad variety of ethnic and economic backgrounds, Overboard ultimately feels like one of the dinners that Kate assigns Leo to cook for his newfound family — a good effort with a few new surprises to spice up a familiar dish, but nothing special enough to truly transform it into more than a routine meal.
58
Hammy jokes fall flat and that bloated run time sags in the middle, weighing down would-be snappy humor. It should all pop, but Overboard settles for a low crackle.
50
Philadelphia Daily News
It all adds up to a bicultural comedy that is good-natured if not especially or consistently well-written. The movie takes too long to get moving, stays a tad too long, and efforts to retrofit the movie as a vehicle for Derbez come at the expense of Faris, a talented comedian who has very little to do here.
50
None of the proceedings are sidesplittingly funny, but they grow increasingly sweet-natured. The most remarkable aspect of this movie is its perhaps unwitting gentleness.
50
The way the script pulls its punches is less offensive than simply toothless, giving Overboard the feel of a film written by a focus group, or maybe a script-writing robot programmed with the latest demographic trends.
