Film Review – Overboard

1987’s “Overboard” isn’t a beloved picture, but it has a following, with fans building support for the Garry Marshall film though basic cable omnipresence, which created comfort food out of the comedy. The only redeeming factors about the feature were star turns from Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who used their natural chemistry and beaming personalities to make something out of virtually nothing, giving the production some charm Marshall couldn’t produce on his own. And now there’s a remake, with Hawn and Russell replaced by Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez, and the director is Rob Greenberg, who’s built his career on television work. That’s what the paying audience is promised with the new “Overboard,” and that’s exactly the type of entertainment they receive. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com