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Splash (1984)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:32

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: A perfectly light, warmly funny romantic comedy that's kept afloat by Ron Howard's unobtrusive direction and charming performances from Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A charming, sexy and funny mermaid tale with Tom Hanks as a successful, young businessman who has everything but love, that is until he meets up with the girl of his dreams, played by Daryl Hannah;... A charming, sexy and funny mermaid tale with Tom Hanks as a successful, young businessman who has everything but love, that is until he meets up with the girl of his dreams, played by Daryl Hannah; however, unbeknownst to him, she is a mermaid targeted for capture by an obsessed oceanographer. Perfect performances and clever laughs make this a must see for fans of romantic comedy. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy

Starring: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy

Director: Ron Howard

Director: Ron Howard
Composer: Lee Holdridge
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman
Story: Bruce Jay Friedman

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Mar 16, 1999

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A romantic comedy that is as salty and bracing as a plunge in the surf.

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05/10/09
Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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Director Ron Howard has a good sense of the whimsical, and his film is sweet and unpretentious, though somewhat ribald when one realizes the studio from whence it sprang.

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02/03/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The movie that really showed Tom Hanks' promise as a deliverer of great comedy and heart-warming pathos.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/03/09
Ian Freer
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine

Although film is a bit uneven, production benefits from a tasty look, an airy tone, and a delectable, unblemished performance from Hannah.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/21/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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Hannah does wonders with her thankless job, flitting tiny moments of joy and confusion across her face.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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02/17/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Howard demonstrates exactly the correct soft touch, skirting the myriad problems of taste.

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02/09/06
Time Out

It's all been downhill from here for Ron Howard

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10/28/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat

No review available.

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06/01/05
Susan Granger
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No review available.

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03/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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It's too bad the relentlessly conventional minds that made this movie couldn't have made the leap from sitcom to comedy.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Very dated, but still fun

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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Splash is a light-hearted comedy directed by Ron Howard that sparkles here and there thanks to its fairy tale elements.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
04/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Splash is probably the ultimate fish-out-of-water film, primarily because it literally features a fish out of water.

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03/28/04
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The movie is cute, light, and fluffy, perhaps not the laugh-fest I had remembered but enough to get by.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
03/25/04
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

ideal Sunday afternoon entertainment

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03/21/04
Pete Croatto
Pete Croatto
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01/15/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

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01/12/04
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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08/20/03
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