Tom Hanks is one of the biggest stars of our generation; there is no denying that. Although he has had some duds I believe this is kind of unavoidable because not everything can be a top hit with award-winning scripts. However, when you look at his anthology of films over the years you will see that for the most part, things he is involved in are, more often than not, pretty good. This can be applied to critical and financial success as well. Enter "Splash" which was a massive money maker an a very entertaining film before most of you were alive.
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The storyline here is kind of based in fantasy as Allen Bauer (Tom Hanks) grew up on the Cape Cod seaside and was in a boating accident as a child and while in the water is rescued by a young girl. While he has memories of the encounter with this girl being a mermaid, his family are able to convince him that the entire encounter was a hallucination brought on by trauma and he goes on with his life.
Later on as an adult he is yet again involved in a life-threatening water-bound accident and is rescued again, but this time when he comes to he is being kissed by a beautiful naked woman, who cannot speak and flees when he tries to communicate with her.
This is not a spoiler as it should be evident by the poster that mermaids are involved in this. The trailer is also very clear about this very major aspect of the film.
Time goes by and things happen that result in the mysterious fish-woman coming to find Allen at his home in New York City. A love story develops in an absurdly fast pace and some drama and adventure that while corny is actually very entertaining. The true love situation in this film was just one of many unrealistic situations that was planted in my mind as a young person and this is why I am still single: I'm waiting for a mythical creature to come into my life :P
Daryl Hannah was one of the hottest stars (by "hot" i mean hot and not necessarily critically acclaimed) of the 80's and I'm surprised that this film was able to maintain a PG rating despite having multiple butt shots throughout. The 80's were a time of very heavy censorship but I suppose the fact that Disney was the parent company that made this film probably had some influence over the censor board or whatever they are called. They go full frontal as well but her long hair is in the way of aspects that would land the film an R rating for sure.
This trailer is hilarious not because of intentional comedy but because it is a time-capsule. This was likely considered to be a wonderful trailer with high-production value but today seems like something that some teenagers made for a school project.
This film went on to make it's budget back 10 times over and really solidified Tom Hanks as a top actor; a reputation that has carried on to recent time. It also features a great performance by the late John Candy and since I think most of you are quite young, you may not have had the good-fortune of seeing this man act at all while he was still alive. While not nearly as famous as the other two Eugene Levy is one of my favorite supporting actors in comedies of all time. Overall, this is a real gem from the 80's and comes highly recommended by me. Good luck finding it. :)