Overboard - Movie Review
"A remake of a movie that no one wanted, this should be good."
Overboard directed by Gary Marshall stars Kurt Russell and..oh wait, sorry that's the wrong one. Overboard directed by Rob Greenberg stars Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez and is a remake of the 1987 film that starred Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The original movie focuses on a rich spoiled asshole heiress who goes overboard and gets amnesia and is tricked by Russell's character into believing she is his wife as repayment for her being an asshole to him. The remake follows a pretty similar story, almost beat for beat, but this time decided to switch the roles of course, or else it wouldn't be original. No one was really calling for this remake, hell not a lot of people even liked the original. So I was not looking forward to this movie. But could this movie surprise me and maybe even be better than the original or should this remake be thrown overboard?
Highs
Cast/ Characters
Honestly, Anna Feris can get a little old to me. She pretty much is the same character in every movie and she kinda has the same traits in this move, but i did not find myself hating her in this movie and actually kinda liked her and her chemistry with Eugenio Derbez. With the roles being switched, Eugenio did a great job of playing the asswhole who lost his memory and was good playing off of Anna Feris's character. the two of them were funny and charming at the right times, and really put forth a good effort in the movie. There were some times were it was the same ol stick they normally do, but more ofthem then not i felt they kept it fresh enough to keep me entertained.
I also thought the rest of the cast was pretty good as well. One of the hottest woman alive in Eva Longoria did pretty good in her role as Anna's best friend and even the people who were kind of just extra were pretty funny in the movie. Overall I thought the cast as a whole did pretty well with the material that they were given.
Pretty Funny Film
Like I said Anna Faris movies can be a hit or miss, and I felt that this one would be one of those movies that blew my high and got zero laughs out of me, but I was wrong. I laughed quite a bit in this movie and Faris and Eugenio was a big part of that. They get a majority of the good jokes as you could expect, but there are a few other good laughs you'll get from some of the other characters as well. One of the workers who was helping out Eugenio I found particularly funny in the scenes they let him shine in. There were some jokes in here that did really miss and I had no idea why they tried them, but they never blew my high and I was cracking up far more than expected.
Downers
Honestly, I couldn't really think of anything in this film that blew my high. Yes, there were some jokes that didn't hit. and yes if you saw the original you kinda saw this one only with a few minor changes which kinda hurts it a little in my book, but overall there is nothing in this film that is unforgivably bad. this film isn't anything ground breaking or something you'll be thinking about during your next session, but it could have been worse.
Overall
I personally thought this film was gonna be horse shit, but I was quite surprised that I had a good time watching this film. I wouldn't say this is the comedy of the year, but I feel you could smoke 3/5 joints to this movie and get you a few good laughs out of it, but then again probably won't remember it afterward but oh well.
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