Answer: it is quite possible that Overboard is the greatest movie of all time. There are several reasons for this, which will be outlined below in a convenient listicle. For those readers who may be unfamiliar with the 1987 Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn comedy, I feel nothing but sorrow for you. This is a film filled with hilarity, life lessons, and a great 1980s-style switcheroo plot. HBO Go was recently streaming Overboard, which means you have no excuse to not watch it immediately on some type of streaming platform. DO IT NOW.
For those of you who have not seen Overboard, the film tells the story of Dean Proffitt, a widower father of four crazed boys who works as a carpenter by day and in various odd jobs at night in order to support his family.
On a fateful day, Dean is called out for a job to build a closet on the yacht of a very wealthy couple, Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn, in her comedic and physical prime), and Dean Stayton (Edward Hermann). Joanna, wearing some of the most ridiculous 1980’s fashions and constantly berating Dean, is a classic rich bitch.
After she refuses to pay Dean for not building her closet to her standards, Joanna falls OVERBOARD her yacht when she drops her wedding ring and attempts to retrieve it. Joanna is then found the next day, but she is suffering from amnesia and has no idea who she is. Dean, seeing the news report on Joanna, goes to the hospital claiming that the woman is his wife, using knowledge of a birth mark he saw on Joanna’s bottom as proof that he knows her in the biblical sense.
Joanna, renamed Annie Proffitt, then learns the real hard knocks of life, including raising Dean’s kids, cooking, cleaning, and more.
Here are solid evidentiary reasons why Overboard just might be the greatest movie of all time:
1. The reasoning behind the use of cedar closets, as told by Goldie Hawn’s character, Joanna Stayton, pre-amnesia: “Because one would think that you would know that closets are made of cedar…the entire civilized world knows that ALL closets are made of cedar.”
2. “I’m a short, fat, slut”. – Goldie Hawn realizing her new reality as Annie Proffitt while wearing one of Annie’s oversized dresses.
3. Goldie Hawn’s outfits before she falls “overboard” her yacht.
4. Kurt Russell’s bulging muscles.
5. Amnesia – what was more funny in the 80’s than a good old-fashioned case of amnesia and the comedic effects of a switcheroo? This is second only to body-swapping films of the 1980’s. (Does anyone remember Kirk Cameron and Dudley Moore in Like Father Like Son?)
When you really think about it, the plot of Overboard would really never happen, because what Dean did is kind of creepy…but he gets away with it because he’s hot. Ah, the 80’s – a time I barely remember because I was an infant. Please watch Overboard for a dose of nostalgia!
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All remembered, how much you Love this movie, I watch when it’s on, it quite delightful, compared to some of the garbage now out there.