Going Overboard
by Valerie Breiman
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Actor: Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, Burt Young, Scott LaRoseDirector: Valerie Breiman
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Adam Sandler
Writer: Scott LaRose
Producer: Adam Rifkin
Writer: Adam Rifkin
Writer: Valerie Breiman
Producer: Mark Daniel Jones
Producer: Mark Schultz
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Going Overboard
Movie Review: The greatest movie ever made
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy, buy, buy! Think of movie genius's and you think of names such as Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarantino and arguably now Peter Jackson, well you can add Valerie Breiman to that list! This is quite simply the funniest, most rib-tickling movie of all time. Pure Sandler genius - before he sold out and got all commercial on us. Every now and then a movie comes along that is touched by sheer genius, Going Overboard is one of these movies. The jokes come thick and fast, I could barely catch a breath I was laughing so hard. The scene where Dickie's hat gets blown overboard is quite simply hilarious.
Also, watch out for some really funny guest appearances from Billy Bob Thornton and Billy Zane and possibly the greatest twist-ending ever - think Usual Suspects crossed with The Sixth Sense crossed with King Lear with a suggestion of American Pie thrown in for good measure.
A guaranteed laugh fest, you need to own this DVD if you like movies such as Happy Gilmore, House on Sority Row, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Animal Farm, The Matrix, Citizen Kane, The Godfather Trilogy and Combat Academy. I cannot put into words how much of an impact this movie will have on your outlook on life, it is a 20th century fable that is more relevent today than ever.
Summary of Going Overboard
GOING OVERBOARD - DVD MovieAt the beginning of this no-budget cheapie, Adam Sandler tells us this is a "loosely thrown together story" built around free access to a cruise ship and "a lot of good-looking women." So they get an A for truth in advertising. Sandler (very green in his first feature film) plays Shecky Moskowitz, a cruise ship waiter with dreams of being a standup comedian. At one point, General Manuel Noriega sends some goons to take over the ship. And there's a lot of voluptuous women hanging around in bikinis. So much for the plot. Sold as a wacky sex comedy, Going Overboard is more of a funny-nose-and-glasses movie, desperately trying anything for a laugh. Sandler's trademark being-funny-by-being-unfunny hadn't started to click yet. Only Billy Zane (as a sort of long-suffering-Jewish-grandmother-ish King Neptune) and Adam Rifkin (as a self-absorbed, mossy-toothed heavy metal star) seem to have any comic timing. A number of the supporting cast would go on to play roles in other, better Adam Sandler movies. Look fast for Billy Bob Thornton(!), appearing here as "Dave the heckler." --Geof Miller
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