Splash DVD (1984)

Splash

1984

Overall rating: 3 out of 5

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I'm in love with a mermaid! read the opening line of Leonard Maltin's original review for Splash. And with the delightful Darryl Hannah in the lead, who could fault Maltin for his public declaration of ardor? The story begins in 1959, when a young boy is rescued from a watery grave by an adolescent mermaid. Twenty-five years later, the boy has grown up--and lo and behold, it's Tom Hanks. Meanwhile, the mermaid, likewise grown up, has surfaced in search of Hanks, her long-lost love. On dry land, the mermaid is able to walk about on legs; any contact with salt water, and she reverts to her half-fish form. Adopting the name of Madison from a New York street sign, the girl manages to win Hanks' heart. Alas, a secret government lab, populated by such smarmy types as Richard B. Shull and Eugene Levy, captures Madison for research purposes--and possible vivisection. Egged on by his brother John Candy, Hanks rescues his beloved, joining her in the ocean depths as a mer-man (mer-fellow? mer-guy?) A captivating confection from the peerless creative team of director Ron Howard and screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, Splash was a winner all the way--especially at the box office, where the $11 million film racked up a huge profit. Historical sidebar: Splash was the first release from Disney's Touchstone Pictures division.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Splash details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Tom Hanks, Eugene Levy
Director:	Ron Howard
Genres:	Comedy, Drama
Studio:	WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	100 Eighties Greats, Great 80s Movies

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Splash	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 45 minutes
Rental release:	05 Feb 2001
Main languages:	English

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Great fun

By Gordon Walker from Northern Ireland , 28 Apr 2004

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Splash is a delightful '80s comedy that puts a mermaid in New York. Madison (Hannah) is the mermaid who has come looking for a man she last saw decades earlier when he was almost drowned off Cape Cod. What ensues is a well paced love story with the normal impediments to happiness that must be overcome.

Daryl Hannah projects an innocence that is endearing and which gives rise to much of the humour. Coming from a world without music or television (or legs) she struggles to get up to speed. She plays perfectly off Tom Hanks who supplies high precision comic timing and between them they convince us that they could fall in love at first sight.

John Candy brings bombastic support as Hanks' brother along with Eugene Levy as a paranoid scientist.
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classic and timeless

By cheesekake (1283 reviews) from uk , 01 Mar 2012

great film for all the family about how love can ride the waves (get it), but no really it is a great film that the whole family can watch again and again
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By NICKJOJO (255 reviews) from Surrey , 27 Jan 2012

Not as good as i remember it being at the time. Perhaps we expect more from films like this now. Tom Hanks was still a class actor even then and Daryl Hannah pleasing to the eye.
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fantastic film

By dreamweaver8185 (3 reviews) from worcester , 21 Sep 2009

absolutly briliant i loved this film as a kid and still love it just as much now im fully grown up a fantastic family film highly recommended
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splash

By a customer from Alness , 28 Apr 2009

great film tom hanks was ace. would defo recommend.
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SPLASHED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By a customer from Hockley , 02 Oct 2008

STILL A GREAT FILM FOR GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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