Overboard
Pantelion Films | Release Date: May 4, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
14
Negative:
10
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38
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMay 10, 2018
As movie-going experiences go, there is nothing worse than to sit through what purports to be a comedy and never have a reason to engage your laugh reflex. Exhibit A: The gender-switch remake of the 1987 screwball farce, "Overboard." Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 4, 2018
The movie is rarely funny with much of the comedy being too broad, too predictable, or both. Read full review
38
The Associated PressLindsey BahrMay 3, 2018
Not only do its two stars have zero chemistry with each other, but the story goes out of its way to over-explain and over-justify the preposterous premise, adding needless complications (like a whole side-plot about his family’s business) and motivations to make everyone more likable and empathetic. Read full review
30
Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyMay 9, 2018
Overboard is a manipulative mindfuck dressed up as a lightweight, heartwarming comedy. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMay 9, 2018
It’s mildly entertaining while also masking criminal deceptions as romantic foreplay. Yet this remake has little of the real-life sizzle that Hawn and Russell added to the story. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshMay 3, 2018
The whole endeavor is an exercise in trying to do too many things — rehash a nostalgic property, propel Mexican film star Eugenio Derbez to mainstream stardom, revive Anna Faris' film career — but it never actually manages to be a good movie. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 3, 2018
Interminable. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 3, 2018
Hollywood isn’t just churning out crummy remakes of great films anymore — now it’s doing awful remakes of mediocre films. For evidence, see Overboard. Or, rather, don’t. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubMay 3, 2018
The new version is a weak facsimile of an already mediocre film. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMay 3, 2018
All of the broad physical humor in the world can't distract from the fact that the film is an endorsement of psychological exploitation. Read full review
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