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Overboard “A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea” In the movie Overboard, Joanna is married to a rich man who thinks marriage is not about love. When Joanna realizes that her husband does not love her, she jumps overboard and swims to Dean. The greatest movie of all time is “Overboard” because it is old, it’s funny, and a very awkward but romantic story. Overboard is the greatest movie of all time because it is old. The release date of the movie was on December 16th 1987. The main actor is Goldie Hawn who plays Joanna. Kurt Russell who plays Dean who is now sixty five years of age. Kurt would have been thirty six years of age when the movie was first released. Edward Herrman plays Goldie’s husband who is now seventy three years of age and would have been forty four years old when the movie was released. Another reason that Overboard is the greatest movie of all time is because it is funny. During the movie, Joanna falls overboard after losing her wedding ring on the deck of the boat. After she falls overboard, her husband does not claim that it is her at the hospital. Dean comes and claims that it is his wife Annie who had passed away years before. He tricks Joanna into thinking they are …show more content…

Joanna is a rich married woman who falls overboard and does not get claimed at the hospital by her husband. When Dean takes her home from the hospital she thinks she knows him when really she is married to someone she does not know. When Dean takes her home she is brainwashed into thinking she is married to Dean and has four sons. Towards the end when her husband comes and gets her she chooses to jump off the boat to meet Dean in the middle of the ocean. After being taken back on the boat she realizes that she does not want to live the rich life and that she loves Dean. As you can see, Overboard is a very awkward yet romantic

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