ultimately pointless, Overboard makes you wonder why it exists at all when it offers neither a fresh angle into modern-day relationships nor an improvement upon its predecessor
nearly dead comedy gets some CPR halfway through; time directors Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg start off with a movie so dull it threatens to vanish from the viewer's memory before it's even finished
Faris and Derbez are both skilled comedians, never afraid to get physical and always down for a big gag, but "Overboard" doesn't craft enough comedic setpieces to propel it through its nearly two-hour running time
a sweet-natured but unnecessary reboot of an '80s classic; Overboard lists and wanders through the shoals of secondhand comedy and eventually, just drifts away