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Mermaids (1990)
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In the early '60s, nomadic single mom Mrs. Flax (Cher) packs up her two daughters, Charlotte (Winona Ryder) and Kate (Christina Ricci), in a beat-up Chevy wagon and moves to small-town Massachusetts. Preteen Kate is obsessed with swimming, while 15-year-old Charlotte is searching for ways to rebel against her mom (and mom's flirty ways). The route she chooses is to become fascinated with Catholicism and all its arcane rituals, even though the family is Jewish. Her coming of age is handled with plenty of Wonder Years-style voiceovers as she fantasizes about Christ, the saints, the Pope, the Church--all things Catholic. Cracks in her...
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Mermaids Movie Review by Zara  (1/27/2007) |
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This is one of those movies where everyone remembers it, everyone's seen it and they all believe it was a good flick - but ask them why it's good and you'll get a blank stare in return.
MERMAIDS tells the tale of a single mother in the '60's who has two daughters, one a teenager played by Winona Ryder (who looks more like...
(complete Mermaids review by Zara)
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