A romantic comedy that is as salty and bracing as a plunge in the surf.
Splash
She was the woman of Allen's dreams. She had large dark eyes, a beautiful smile and a great pair of fins.
1984 · 1h 50m · PG
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Ron Howard
Overview
A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Although film is a bit uneven, production benefits from a tasty look, an airy tone, and a delectable, unblemished performance from Hannah.
It's too bad the relentlessly conventional minds that made this movie couldn't have made the leap from sitcom to comedy.
Splash may feature a heroine with fins, but it's mostly a standard love story, albeit one with some delightful new twists.
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.
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