OVERBOARD (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Eugenio Derbez (Geostorm), Anna Faris (Scary Movie), Eva Longoria (Over Her Dead Body), John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Swoosie Kurtz (The Rules of Attraction), Mariana Treviño (The Last Call), Cecilia Suárez (Spanglish), Omar Chaparro (Show Dogs), Jesús Ochoa (Padre Nuestro)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Rob Greenberg (film debut), director, writer; Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers), writer; Eugenio Derbez (How to Be a Latin Lover) and Ben Odell (Confess), producers; Lyle Workman (Superbad), composer; Michael Barrett (Ted), cinematographer; Lee Haxall (Meet the Fockers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Single working-class mother Kate (Faris) is hired to clean a yacht belonging to wealthy and spoiled Mexican playboy Leonardo (Derbez), but she is unjustly fired without receiving her pay. However, when Leonardo falls off the boat, he loses his memory and leads Kate to exact revenge on him by posing as his wife…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The classic comedy starring a young Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn is remade with the genders reversed and no filter on the outrageous and rather questionable comedic scenario.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 22ND JUNE 2018

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