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Splash
1984
· Movie
· 110 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2986
- IMDb #3924
- Google retired #3039
- Rotten Tomatoes #1715
- Metacritic #1746
- Letterboxd #3945
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #948
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2811
- Metacritic Critics #1417
- Metacritic Audience #2590
- Criticker #2703
- Douban #1276
- Kinopoisk #2450
- AlloCiné #4421
- Trakt #3817
Every rating
38–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 38, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 81, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A lonely man is rescued from drowning by a beautiful woman, and they fall in love. He soon discovers her incredible secret: she is actually a mermaid who grew legs to search for him on land. Their romance is threatened by those who want to expose her true nature to the world.
Details
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Writers
- Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz
- Studio
- Touchstone Pictures
- Released
- 9 March 1984
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $69.8M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 wins from 10 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Original Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman, and Brian Grazer | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1985 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Splash | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1985 | Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman | Nominee |
| National Society of Film Critics 1985 | Best Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Make-up | Robert J. Schiffer | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Actress | Daryl Hannah | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Fantasy Film | Splash | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1985 | Best Supporting Actor | John Candy | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman, and Brian Grazer | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Splash | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Daryl Hannah | Winner |
| Best Director | Ron Howard | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Splash | Nominee |
| Best Make-up | Robert J. Schiffer | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Candy | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman | Winner |
Youth in Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Family Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Splash | Nominee |