Anna Faris can’t rescue lazy ‘Overboard’ remake

This image released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Pantelion Films shows Anna Faris, right, and Eugenio Derbez in a scene from "Overboard." (Diyah Pera/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Pantelion Film via AP) Garry Marshall’s 1987 comedy “Overboard” might not have gotten the best reviews when it came out, but it was a viewing staple in my childhood home.

Whether it was because of cable repeats, my parents’ taste, the irresistible charms of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, the (endearingly) absurd premise, or some combination of all of it, it’s one that we held in high regard and would often quote. “It’s a hell of a day at sea, sir” was a favorite as was “My life is like death, my children are the…