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Movie Overview | Splash (1984)
A young boy saved from drowning by a beautiful mermaid, falls in love with her 20 years later when she returns to seek him out. Before he can choose between life on dry land or a deep sea paradise with his dream woman, the lovers are rudely interrupted by the intervention of a scheming scientist.
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A Wonderful, Funny and Romantic Fantasy
(Updated: January 04, 2025)
Overall rating
4.4
Entertainment Factor
5.0
Story
4.0
Actors Performance
5.0
Cinematography
4.0
Sound Track
4.0
Normally, I do not like fantasy films, as they are usually silly and unbelievable. This changed when I saw Splash. Not that this story is believable, but it is almost...almost there. In this story, Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. What? Yes, and years later, he returns to the same location, and once again, Bauer, excellently played by Tom Hanks, manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the same mermaid, later named Madison after the avenue and played by Darryl Hannah. (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a sunken ship, the mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York City, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she cannot stay on land, as when wet,, her legs turn back into a mermaid fin. John Candy is hilarious in the role of Hanks brother, who is the exact opposite and Eugene Levy is an obsessed marine biologist who knows Madison's secret and is on a constant mission to get her legs wet and see her turn into a mermaid. Sounds crazy? Yes, but this crazy story becomes a wonderful, romantic comedy with perfect acting and one soon gets into the fantasy and hopes that Allen and Madison enjoy their life together under the sea. The only sad part, if you think deeply into this, is that in order to find happiness Allen has to leave his brother and life as he knows it, never to return. However, it is a light, funny enjoyable love story and leaves the viewer feeling happy!
beautiful '80s romcom
(Updated: January 04, 2025)
Overall rating
4.2
Entertainment Factor
5.0
Story
5.0
Actors Performance
4.0
Cinematography
3.0
Sound Track
4.0
How to make love to a fish. That would sum up the bizarre story of this sweet and wild comedy featuring fantastic roles by Tom Hanks and Darryl Hannah.
However ludicrous the story might be, the movie really entices me with its wit and charm. Lovely and funny. Hilarious supporting role by John Candy, one of his best. The movie even includes Eugene Levy as a mad scientist, and he doesn't disappoint.
The story is really about falling in love with a mermaid, played by Darryl Hannah. She is human out of the water and only becomes a fish in the water. Can fish and human get together and fall in love?
The true star of this movie is undeniably Tom Hanks. The youthful energy of Tom Hanks just splashes across the screen in this movie. This movie launched his career way back in the eighties.
Hanks, in his younger years, was an uncontrollable force of comedy and wild antics. I must have seen this movie over ten times by now over the years and it never gets old. For every Tom Hanks fan this great comedy is a must watch.
The ending is beautiful, along with the song that plays and the closing scene. This is a great movie to watch with a date or partner. A true love story with a lot of laughs.
However ludicrous the story might be, the movie really entices me with its wit and charm. Lovely and funny. Hilarious supporting role by John Candy, one of his best. The movie even includes Eugene Levy as a mad scientist, and he doesn't disappoint.
The story is really about falling in love with a mermaid, played by Darryl Hannah. She is human out of the water and only becomes a fish in the water. Can fish and human get together and fall in love?
The true star of this movie is undeniably Tom Hanks. The youthful energy of Tom Hanks just splashes across the screen in this movie. This movie launched his career way back in the eighties.
Hanks, in his younger years, was an uncontrollable force of comedy and wild antics. I must have seen this movie over ten times by now over the years and it never gets old. For every Tom Hanks fan this great comedy is a must watch.
The ending is beautiful, along with the song that plays and the closing scene. This is a great movie to watch with a date or partner. A true love story with a lot of laughs.
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