What is Overboard about?
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A spoiled yacht owner gets amnesia, becoming the target of a hilarious revenge plot by his former employee.
Romantic and feel-good, with big broad humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on MGM+ and The Roku Channel (free).
Overboard parents guide
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byRob Greenberg
StarringAnna Faris, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, John Hannah, Swoosie Kurtz, Mel Rodriguez
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Overboard is on our Comedy on The Roku Channel and Romance on The Roku Channel lists.
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