Aquamarine
It's a comedy but unreal. Two teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool. She promises them a wish if they help her prove to Neptune love exists, and Raymond is the only creature resembling a love-god.
17 September 1945, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
12 April 1985, Brisbane, Australia
1947, Ruawai, Northland, New Zealand
25 April 1988, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 July 1962, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
19 February 1985, Winter Park, Florida, USA
2 September 1984, Benowa, Queensland, Australia
20 December 1990, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
19 May 1972, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
November 07, 2012
Little girls and salty sea dogs alike have long been held in thrall to the mermaid's siren song; in Aquamarine, based on Alice Hoffman's book, the ladyfish finds herself awash in the low tide of teen romantic comedy.
September 01, 2006
The movie scores a major victory in reaching its audience with the all-too-important message that they are fine just the way they are.
March 06, 2006
This film is entirely harmless. It's utterly forgettable.
July 01, 2006
As shameless as trashy cookie-cutter studios movies will ever get.
March 03, 2006
Aquamarine isn't good enough to be a teen classic, but its audience will leave the theater happy.
March 07, 2006
This movie, in fact, is all about conformity.
March 03, 2006
Like its title character, Allen's choppy and inconsistent film has two speeds, ditsy or sentimental, and never gathers momentum.
March 03, 2006
The movie has a sweetness and innocence that makes it near perfect entertainment for its target audience.
March 01, 2007
Director Elizabeth Allen sets a nicely easy-breezy tone for Aquamarine, but her comic timing is sometimes shaky and she sadly cannot overcome the weaknesses of the script.
June 24, 2006
The performances are charming, particularly JoJo Levesque, who is rapidly becoming the new Lindsay Lohan (only in a good way).
June 24, 2006
Unfortunately, the performances are often clunky and the art direction and CG are wanting, so anyone over the age of eight is likely to find it cheap around the edges. One for very little mermaids.
August 23, 2006
Kids seem to love the recognizable 'tween stars, but for the rest of us it's sort of like the cotton-candy scene%u2014we're not sure whether to eat it or rub our faces in it.
