I hated the second half too back in the day. Needy chick does funny fish out of water thing, meets cute French guy, it does not work out at first, then she meets him again, realizes he is her one true love, gives up everything to marry him. Oh wait, she decides not to marry him.

YES! PROTOCOL!

Drunk it about the only way I can watch it now, as a grown up

Thank God I’m not the only one.

Just re watched Overboard, loved that movie as a kid, but man it’s actually pretty twisted and fucked up, though Goldie Hawn is still awesome in it. Listen to We Hate Movies, they do a great podcast on it.

Came here for this. My best friend and I would watch her parents’ Betamax tape of it over and over and belt out “Ready To Take A Chance Again” at the top of our lungs. (OT, that topic sparked a years-long crush on Dudley Moore. I got it all, baby!)

Rape by deception and raping drunk girls was really popular. Remember Sixteen Candles and Revenge of the Nerds?

I’ve loved Goldie Hawn since her days on “Laugh-In.” Yep, I’m that old. I used to watch “Laugh-In” every week. I was 6 or 7 and didn’t understand most of the jokes, but I laughed my head off anyway. I thought Lily Tomlin was hilarious and Goldie was both funny and pretty.

This. So many movies and tv shows we grew up with were so backwards. . . and to think “Overboard” was considered a child friendly movie.

I LOVED Foul Play and all of its characters! I saw it at the time of its release at the Chinese Theatre. It was such a fun movie to watch in the theater.

they are doing a remake of Overboard, but roles reversed. Anna Faris is starring.

I was curious about what people’s opinions on Overboard are around here. I thought it was hilarious when I was younger (I think I was 11 when I first saw it) but even at that age I knew Kurt Russell straight up committed a bunch of felonies in the service of taming Goldie’s shrew character and all the ethical problems…

Foul Play was written by Colin Higgins who also gave us two other brilliant comedies - 9 to 5 and Harold and Maude (which started as his thesis project at UCLA). This brings us around to Goldie’s best line in Butterflies Are Free - “I was going to go to UCLA, but I couldn’t find parking.”

This is not a good idea. Let the original stand. It is a treasure.

The lineup is lacking Protocol! That movie taught me so much (and I was a kid so there was a lot to learn): emus exist, DuPont Circle is a gay friendly neighborhood, politicians use people regardless of how it might harm the usee, “loins” is another word for genitals...

Watched overboard drunk on my ass and it may have been the single funniest thing I ever saw. No, I don’t know if it’s really funny or only drunk funny but my abs hurt for weeks.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who can’t watch the rape-by-deception that is Overboard...But you’re right, Death Becomes Her is art.

Private Benjamin: One of the greatest feminist movies of all time.

About a year ago I went to an ooooold art house cinema. It had redone the cushions on the seats, so they were comfortable on your butt. However, people were definitely ummm... smaller back then. ‘Cause those seats were narrow as all hell. I could fit, but it was a touch claustrophobic. There is no way someone who…

Overboard and Private Benjamin are my two favorite movies with her in them. She is the master of frustrated ugly crying and it gets me every time. She is a wonder of comedic acting.