Overboard fingerprintBig heart, funny, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Romantic and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Family
Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Overboard is calm and low-intensity.
Romantic and hopeful
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's romantic, hopeful, and nostalgic. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Expect plenty of situational comedy and slapstick.
Family
Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances
The performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Overboard is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and YouTube TV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, YouTube Free, and Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 61/100 (IMDb 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes 46%, and Metacritic 53). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States.
1 h 52 min
Overboard runs 1 h 52 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Overboard higher (73) than critics (50). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $22 million to make and earned $27 million worldwide, 1.2 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some French. Produced in United States.
+119GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Overboard in 133 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 103 storytelling tropes for Overboard, including Reckless Gun Usage, Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense, Only Sane Man.
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