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Mermaids

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Mermaids
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PG13,1hr 50min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Release:
1990
Director:
Richard Benjamin
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder  ...more
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
The coming-of-age comedy-drama Mermaids is a warm look at an eccentric family as well as a good example of Winona Ryder during her youthful angst years. Based on the novel by Patty Dann, the comic moments are heavily drawn from the reverse mother-daughter relationship of the zany man-chaser Mrs. Flax (Cher) and the sternly religious Charlotte (Ryder). Portraying a Jewish girl with dark, brooding Catholic ... Full Review
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Cher
Mrs. Flax
Bob Hoskins
Lou Landsky
Winona Ryder
Charlotte Flax
Christina Ricci
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