TY  - ADVS
AU  - Benjamin,Richard
AU  - Cher,
AU  - Hoskins,Bob
AU  - Ryder,Winona
AU  - Schoeffling,Michael
AU  - Ricci,Christina
TI  - Mermaids
PY  - 2006///
CY  - [U.K.]
PB  - Metro Goldwyn Mayer
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Drama
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Families
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
N1  - Originally released as a motion picture in 1990; Based on the novel "Mermaids" by Patty Dann; Film editor Jacqueline Cambas ; music by Jack Nitzsche ; production designer Stuart Wurtzel ; director of photography Howard Atherton ; screenplay by June Roberts; Cher, Bob Hoskins, Wynona Rider, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci; Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over; BBFC; Fit for viewing by persons aged 15 years or more; FCO; 12 years or more; FSK
N2  - Cher is magical and electric, Winona Ryder enchanting and funny and Christina Ricci adorable and engaging in this hilarious and heartwarming portrait of a 1960's single-parent family trying to adjust to each other's growing independence. Charlotte (Ryder) is an adolescent girl torn between her blossoming passions for a handsome caretaker (Michael Schoeffling)... and her desire to be a nun (a tough calling for a girl who's Jewish). Complicating her already precarious teen angst is a little sister (Ricci), a determined would-be swimmer she affectionately calls "fishead", and their mother (Cher), a non-traditional, sexy, flamboyant woman who relocates them to a new town every time she causes a hint of scandal – which is often. But even as their personal styles clash, these three incredibly different individuals begin to see that nothing – not even a life-threatening tragedy – can tear apart the bonds of family
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