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Plot

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.
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Genre(s):
Comedy,Drama,Romance
Run Time:
110min.
Theatrical Release Date:
12/14/1990
DVD Release Date:
02/06/2001
Distributor(s):
Orion
Director(s):
Richard Benjamin
Starring:
Cher , Bob Hoskins , Winona Ryder , Christina Ricci , Michael Schoeffling
Themes:
Generation Gap,Coping With Puberty [k],First Love,Mothers and Daughters,Eccentric Families
Tone:
Bittersweet,Poignant,Humorous,Quirky,Warm
Keywords:
Jewish,coming-of-age,mother,single-parent,sister,swimming
Country of Origin:
USA (12-14-1990)
Language:
English