Flipping your fins, you would hopefully get farther than anywhere this movie takes you. There is not enough water in this movie to douse our hot takes! This week we take a look at 1984’s Splash, which is lauded for its screenplay for some reason, and do our level best to find the pearl in this bedraggled pinnacle of 1980s romcoms. 

 

Variety on the content edits: https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/disney-plus-splash-edits-mermaid-butt-1234579039/  

 

THR on the Splash remake: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/channing-tatum-play-mermaid-splash-916172  

 

All other research and references completed using Wikipedia and IMDb.  

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