Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305291503
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305291500
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 16, 1999
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 97698
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 09, 1984
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Tom Hanks was a relatively unknown TV actor with a sitcom as his biggest credit when relatively unknown director Ron Howard (best known for his own sitcom acting) cast him in this surprise hit. It made stars of Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and John Candy and an A-list director out of Howard. Hannah is a mermaid who comes to Manhattan in search of Hanks, the guy she has twice saved from drowning. Hanks runs a business with his lovable blowhard brother (Candy), whose goal in life is to have a letter published in Penthouse. When this perfect woman shows up, Hanks can't believe his luck and plunges into a dizzyingly romantic relationship, unaware of her sea-water secret. But the mermaid needs to soak and unfurl her tail from time to time, which leads to complications, including her capture by the government for scientific study (what else?). Hanks is winningly charming and Hannah is a perfect match in this enjoyably high-spirited comedy, though the biggest laughs belong to Candy. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - VERY GOOD FILM, BUT ALTERED DVD VERSION SINKS THIS 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!
20th Anniversary Edition!.......Well it's got a good transfer and a few interesting extras, but what it is missing is the actual movie! The DVD has a altered version that removed the fact that Madison only changes back to a mermaid if she comes in contact with 'SALT' water! It doesn't destroy the film, but it does leave a sour taste in the mouth's of the people who saw the original theatrical version. The film is a very good romantic comedy/fantasy film, I would have given it a better rating if the DVD would have given both version of the film! BOOOOOOOOOOO :-(
Rating:  - Fond memories
I was like... I think 7 or 8 when I first saw this. I love mermaids (and still do) and this movie was just awesome. I watched it again in high school and was able to appreciate the more mature themes of the film. Nonetheless, this is still a great movie for all ages (except the most youngest) It was always fun to watch the mermaid change to human (or back to a mermaid) and the story is funny. Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and John Candy all play their roles wonderfully.
Rating: - It is so good to wacth a love story.
I love this move because a love story and like a men to find he true love and the love of his life.
Rating: - Splash
If you love 80s romances then this will be right up your alley! It has Daryl Hannah in slouchy boots and Tom Hanks in a skinny tie. It is a sweet story and definitely will take you back.
Rating: - Madison the Mermaid
SPLASH. This movie is actually an essay about the difference
between erotica and pornography. Near the beginning of the
film, John Candy shows up carrying stacks of pornographic
magazines (Penthouse) saying his letter has been published.
Later you see him drop coins (tolkens) upon the ground so
that he might have an excuse to look up women's dresses.
When Darryl Hannah (the Mermaid) walks across a lawn near
the Statue of Liberty, you see men pointing these
"pay-per-view" binoculars in her direction, and others
rushing over to get their picture taken with her. She is
objectified and put on display.
Later, you see Eugene Levy's character running around trying
to throw water upon Madison (Darryl Hannah) to reveal the
Mermaid so that he can take a picture of her, exposed.
He splashes the wrong girl, and her boyfriend looks upon
Levy who is caught holding a camera, in anger and disgust.
Levy later refers to himself as a "man of science" who just
wanted to prove to people he was not crazy. Perhaps the
director (Ron Howard) is suggesting that academics
(psychiatrists, biologists, sociologists, political
scientists, etc.) are actually sexual deviants looking for
social acceptance?
In one scene, John Candy speaks of adult pay-per-view
television in motels, and then we see her, the mermaid in
a giant "gold fish bowl", put on ... Read More
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