A romantic comedy that is as salty and bracing as a plunge in the surf.
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05/10/09
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.
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Reviews for Splash
Top CriticDirector 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.
02/03/09
The movie that really showed Tom Hanks' promise as a deliverer of great comedy and heart-warming pathos.
02/03/09
Although film is a bit uneven, production benefits from a tasty look, an airy tone, and a delectable, unblemished performance from Hannah.
05/21/08
Top CriticHannah does wonders with her thankless job, flitting tiny moments of joy and confusion across her face.
05/26/06
No review available.
02/17/06
Howard demonstrates exactly the correct soft touch, skirting the myriad problems of taste.
02/09/06
It's all been downhill from here for Ron Howard
10/28/05
No review available.
06/01/05
No review available.
03/26/05
It's too bad the relentlessly conventional minds that made this movie couldn't have made the leap from sitcom to comedy.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Splash is a light-hearted comedy directed by Ron Howard that sparkles here and there thanks to its fairy tale elements.
04/29/04
Splash is probably the ultimate fish-out-of-water film, primarily because it literally features a fish out of water.
03/28/04
The movie is cute, light, and fluffy, perhaps not the laugh-fest I had remembered but enough to get by.
03/25/04
ideal Sunday afternoon entertainment
03/21/04
No review available.
01/15/04
No review available.
01/12/04
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
08/20/03
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