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- 1984
- PG
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 51 m
- 1984
- PG
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Brian Grazer, Bruce Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
- 1984
- PG
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 51 m
- 1984
- PG
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 51 m
Splash
71
7.4
Summary A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Brian Grazer, Bruce Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It is a triumph for director Ron Howard, underwater photographer Jordan Klein, the writers and even the guy who made Hannah's latex tail (Robert Short). And it's surely the stairway to superstardom for costar John Candy and the lovely leading nyad. Splash, a departure for struggling Disney Studio, is as irresistible as the siren's song. [09 Mar 1984, p.23]
Ron Howard, directing from a witty script by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman, has fashioned an enchanting piece of fluff -- a romantic comedy that is truly romantic and truly comic, a deft blend of hip satire and fairy-tale charm. Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah have a lot to do with that charm. [12 Mar 1984, p.89]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
7.4
69% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
20% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
11% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
7.4
69% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
20% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
11% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
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Before Director Ron Howard and his gargle of writers (Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman) arrange a satisfactorily romantic ending for their odd couple, they also manage to satirize everything from presidential politics to daytime television. They are a jostling, busily observant, fundamentally good-natured crew, and audiences are well advised to take a plunge on Splash.
The movie that really showed Tom Hanks' promise as a deliverer of great comedy and heart-warming pathos.
Splash is funny and gentle and quite entertaining, and there isn't a cynical moment in it. And unlikely as this may sound, Splash suggests that we had better keep an eye on Ron Howard, director. He is something special, too. [12 Mar 1984, p.C6]
This mild 1984 comedy about a mermaid (Daryl Hannah) who falls in love with a New York City yuppie (Tom Hanks) isn't at all hard to take (John Candy, in a supporting role, is hilarious and original, and Hannah has a pleasant naive charm), but its appeal is based almost entirely on regression—a thematic regression to infancy (now endemic to the American cinema) and a stylistic regression to the most lulling kind of TV blandness. No wonder it's relaxing: it's a lullaby.
There is a funny movie lurking at the edges of Splash, and sometimes it even sneaks on screen and makes us smile. It's too bad the relentlessly conventional minds that made this movie couldn't have made the leap from sitcom to comedy.
Production Company
Touchstone Films,
Touchstone Pictures
Release Date Mar 9, 1984
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG
Tagline Two days ago, this girl showed up naked at the Statue of Liberty. For Allen Bauer, it was love at first sight. Now, everyone is chasing her... trying to prove she's a mermaid. From the first laugh, you will be hooked.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
