Like all good romantic comedies

Like all good romantic comedies, SPLASH is based on a preposterous premise: A modernized retelling of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, Madison (the mute but lovely Daryl Hannah) is a mermaid trying to reclaim the boy Daryl Hannah fell in love with when Daryl Hannah jumped off a boat near Cape Cod when Daryl Hannah was 8.

a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy

Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy.

fantasy romcom starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah in the lead romantic roles, and

Splash is a fun, fantasy romcom starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah in the lead romantic roles, and

a romantic and chaste movie about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid

Splash is a romantic and chaste movie about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid.