Goldie Hawn
Joanna Stayton / Annie Proffitt
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Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.
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| Release Date | 1987-12-16 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Directors | Garry Marshall, John A. Alonzo, Katy Emde, Matt Earl Beesley, Nick Abdo, Paul Fonteyn |
| Producers | Alexandra Rose, Anthea Sylbert, Nick Abdo, Roddy McDowall, Mary Daley, Jamie Lynn Grossman, Jeane Fitting, Charles J. Gegen |
| Writer | Leslie Dixon |
This movie wouldn’t make any of my top 20 lists (if I took the time to create some) but I think it is a charming film, and that is quite an accomplishment. Because if it weren’t for the talented ensemble main actors, Garry Marshall directing, and a witty script (the writer has Pay it Forward and others on her resume), this movie could easily have been a stinker. As it is, it has a lot of laughs, cute child actors, some character development, and a fun time for all.
It is priceless to watch the Goldie Hawk character go from snooty, haughty rich bitch, to a sensitive self-deprecating amnesiac mom who is not cut out for motherhood and in over her head. What she learns about herself doesn’t come from her memory, but from what the Kurt Russell character relates to her, so she hears how she had sex with him their first date and she says, “I’m a slut.” Sexist, of course, but at least she is saying it about herself, and she does come through for her ‘family’ in the end.
It is a harmless good time. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but I wouldn’t change channels if it came on either. As an aside, I haven’t seen the remake, so I can’t make comparisons. Probably should judge both on their own merits anyway, right?
— Peter McGinn