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.
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05/24/03
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
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.
02/03/09
Howard demonstrates exactly the correct soft touch, skirting the myriad problems of taste.
02/09/06
No review available.
11/14/02
Overlong, but makes a comedic 'splash' anyway.
03/04/03
No review available.
01/12/04
A wonderful, comic fantasy that helped launch Hanks to stardom.
10/05/02
No review available.
08/22/03
Splash is probably the ultimate fish-out-of-water film, primarily because it literally features a fish out of water.
03/28/04
No review available.
03/26/05
Splash is a light-hearted comedy directed by Ron Howard that sparkles here and there thanks to its fairy tale elements.
04/29/04
The movie that really showed Tom Hanks' promise as a deliverer of great comedy and heart-warming pathos.
02/03/09
No review available.
05/27/03
Splash may feature a heroine with fins, but it's mostly a standard love story, albeit one with some delightful new twists.
05/20/03
Top CriticHannah does wonders with her thankless job, flitting tiny moments of joy and confusion across her face.
05/26/06
No review available.
10/01/02
The movie is cute, light, and fluffy, perhaps not the laugh-fest I had remembered but enough to get by.
03/25/04
No review available.
08/03/02
Bizarrely overrated gimmick comedy
08/26/02
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