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

Its appeal is based almost entirely on regression -- a thematic regression to infancy and a stylistic regression to the most lulling kind of TV blandness.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 1 Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's also very funny, thanks largely to Candy in the lecherous fat sidekick role, and a string of set pieces that show Hannah as, quite literally, a fish out of water.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out

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.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/03/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

No review available.

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11/14/02
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
eye WEEKLY

Overlong, but makes a comedic 'splash' anyway.

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03/04/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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

A wonderful, comic fantasy that helped launch Hanks to stardom.

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10/05/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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

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

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03/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

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04/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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

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02/03/09
Ian Freer
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine

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05/27/03
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Splash may feature a heroine with fins, but it's mostly a standard love story, albeit one with some delightful new twists.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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
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Combustible Celluloid

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10/01/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 
 
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