Splash (1984)

Directed by

Ron Howard

Genre

fantasy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,494 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hardworking man meets a mysterious woman who captures his heart. She is actually a mermaid, and he must deal with the secret as their relationship grows.

romanticlightheartedwhimsicalfunnysweetnostalgiceasygoinggentle

What happens

Splash is a 1984 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a prosperous and hardworking young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. It is notable for being the first film released by Touchstone Pictures, a film label created by Walt Disney Studios that same year in an effort to release films targeted at adult audiences, with mature content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner. Splash was critically and commercially successful, earning over $69 million on an $11 million budget, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 1984, and received praise for the acting, humor, and chemistry between Hanks and Hannah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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