Splash

1984
PG
1h 51m

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6.3/10

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Quirky Comedy Romantic Comedy Supernatural Fantasy Comedy Fantasy Romance

A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

85K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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Trivia
The fountain from the movie is now on display at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.

Goofs
After Allen and Madison jump into the water at the end of the movie and fend off the frogmen, they immediately come upon a coral reef and other aquatic features that appear tropical and which would not be found in the Hudson River/New York Harbor.

Quotes
Freddie: People fall in love every day, huh? Is that what you said?
Allen: Yeah.
Freddie: Yeah? Well, that's a crock. It doesn't work that way. Look, do you realize how happy you were with her? That is, of course, when you weren't driving yourself crazy. Every day? Come on. Some people will never BE that happy. I'LL never be that happy. What am I talking to you for? You don't know anything.

Crazy credits
Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah swimming and coming towards an underwater kingdom.

Alternate versions
Some TV versions includes a longer version of the theme tune at the end.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Angel/Harry & Son/Splash!/Liquid Sky/And the Ship Sails On (1984)

Soundtracks
Love Came For Me
Written by Lee Holdridge and Will Jennings
Performed by Rita Coolidge

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Lovely romantic fish-out-of-water comedy

SPLASH (1984) **** Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Shecky Greene. Excellent fantasy comedy directed by Ron Howard about produce salesman Hanks who, unbeknownst to him, falls in love with a mermaid (innocently played nicely by Hannah) in Manhattan and asking the immortal question: Is love blind? Superb support ably handled by Candy as Hanks' would-be swinging bachelor brother and Levy as a mad-as-a-hatter obsessed marine biologist intent on exposing Madison (named after the avenue). Best bits: Hanks' opening soliloquy about him not finding love in a bar and Hannah's gift of love: a water fountain.