Fresh
The delightful Ryder, billing notwithstanding, is really the star.
Variety Staff, Variety
Mermaids
Mom is many things... normal isn't one of them.
1990 · 1h 50m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Richard Benjamin
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Mermaids
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Benjamin Director
- Cher as Rachel Flax
- Bob Hoskins as Lou Landsky
- Winona Ryder as Charlotte Flax
- Michael Schoeffling as Joe Porretti
- Christina Ricci as Kate Flax
- Caroline McWilliams as Carrie
- Jan Miner as Mother Superior
- Betsy Townsend as Mary O'Brien
- Richard McElvain as Mr. Crain
- Paula Plum as Mrs. Crain
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Self-conscious, eccentric...
Derek Adams, Time Out
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
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
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
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