Mermaids
Mom is many things... normal isn't one of them.
Mom is many things... normal isn't one of them.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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1990
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Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down. But when Charlotte's attraction to an older man gets in the way, the family must learn to accept each other for who they truly are.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
14 Dec 1990
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$31,000,000
Revenue:
$35,419,397
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The delightful Ryder, billing notwithstanding, is really the star.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Self-conscious, eccentric...
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Miss Ryder is so good, in fact, that "Mermaids" might have dared to be a tougher, more satisfying movie than the stylish sitcom it is.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
I found a lot of it preposterous, but I enjoyed that quality. Why do we look at movies? To learn lessons and see life reflected back at us? Sometimes. But sometimes we simply sit there in the dark, stupefied by the spectacle.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Having made something of a specialty of woe-is-me, adolescent angst, Ryder finds a deeper level here, a level of comedy with something genuinely painful mixed in.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000