There's no point in recounting the many production problems and personal hostilities which plagued the filming of Mermaids: the end result is all that matters. Set in the 1960s, the film details the relationship between an unorthodox, unmarried vagabond mother (Cher), and her two daughters. The 15-year-old (Winona Ryder), continually embarrassed by her flamboyant mother, wants to be the world's greatest Catholic; the nine-year-old (Christina Ricci) would be satisfied with becoming the world's champion swimmer. Moving with her family to New England, the older daughter falls in love from afar with the groundskeeper (Michael Schoeffling) from a nearby convent, while Mom takes up with a lonely salesman (Bob Hoskins). Mermaids is perceptively adapted from the warmly comic novel by Patty Dann.~Hal Erickson
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A classic I hadn't seen for years....
A classic I hadn't seen for years....
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Cher, winona and christina in their famous film from the 80's. always see on TV but never all the way through, a classic film to be owned so you can watch it every 5-10 years!
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very heartwarming movie
Very heartwarming movie
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Very heartwarming movie, with excellent performances by Cher and particularly Winona Ryder. This was an early movie for her but she really nailed the role.