Review of Splash (1984) by Bill Cosford for Miami Herald — 28 Jan 2014
This mild 1984 comedy about a mermaid (Daryl Hannah) who falls in love with a New York City yuppie (Tom Hanks) isn't at all hard to take (John Candy, in a supporting role, is hilarious and original, and Hannah has a pleasant naive charm), but its appeal is based almost entirely on regression—a thematic regression to infancy (now endemic to the American cinema) and a stylistic regression to the most lulling kind of TV blandness.
No wonder it's relaxing: it's a lullaby.
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This review of Splash (1984) was written by Bill Cosford and published by Miami Herald on 28 Jan 2014.
Splash has generally received positive reviews.
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