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Aquamarine

Aquamarine

Fantasy · Romance · Family · 2006

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.

Movie details

Aquamarine

“A Fish-Out-Of-Water Comedy.”

2006 Fantasy · Romance · Family 1h 43m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

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Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

Written by

Jessica Bendinger · John Quaintance

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts

Claire Brown

JoJo

JoJo

Hailey Rogers

Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton

Aquamarine

Jake McDorman

Jake McDorman

Raymond

Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Kebbel

Cecilia Banks

Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan

Ginny Rogers

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence

Leonard

Court is in session

Put Aquamarine on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.