Honestly, while a lot of movies have teenagers drinking, seeing a really young kid drinking is a whole other level. This drunken excursion ends up with Charlotte leaving Kate at the convent and going to find Joe to take their relationship to the next level. But while Charlotte and Joe have their romantic evening, Kate ends up falling into a river and nearly drowns because she had too much wine.
The nuns save her, but when Rachel finds out there is a big blow up between the teenager and her mom. Somehow, they end up staying in the town for another year, and when the story catches back up with them Rachel is still with Lou, but Charlotte has moved on from her Catholicism obsession and instead becomes interested in Greek mythology.
Honestly, I understand the plot of this movie is pretty wild, but my biggest question about it was always, "but why is it called mermaids? I guess there is that one scene where she dresses up like a mermaid, but according to one very harsh review by Desson Howe, it seems like no one really knows.
Is it Ricci's swimming ambitions? Kennedy is broadcast on a black-and-white television set. After she kisses Joe, Charlotte says she should be "burned at the stake. It is often erroneously believed that accused persons at Salem were burned at the stake. In the scene where Charlotte and her mother fight about Kate's accident, Charlotte gets angry and breaks a plate.
The scene ends with her mother slapping her in the face after a rude comment. The exact same things happened in Cher's film Mask Whether coincidental or not there are many similarities in both Winona Ryder and Cher's performances in various movies each has starred in. Winona narrated many scenes in this movie along with "Heathers " and also "Girl Interrupted " which coincidentally was based in the 's like this film.
Cher continues a theme of slapping either her child or relative in the face in 3 different movies as well which includes this film, "Moonstruck " and "Mask ". Sign In. Reynolds as Dr. Richard Benjamin. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. After yet another failed relationship, Mrs. Flax Cher ups her family to the east coast to start all over again. Reluctantly dragged along with her is her daughter Charlotte - going through a very confusing time of her life - who wants to become a nun, and instead falls in love with a quiet, mild-mannered church employee, to the mixed response of her mother.
Set at around the time of the Kennedy Assassination. This is our mother. Pray for us. Did you know Edit. Trivia Emily Lloyd was originally cast as Charlotte, and had already started shooting scenes. Cher complained that the fair-haired Lloyd could not look like her daughter, and she was replaced by Winona Ryder. They reached a settlement on July 30, , the second day of trial. Goofs Charlotte's blue eye shadow disappears and reappears as she goes to and returns from the hospital.
Quotes Rachel Flax : Charlotte, I know you're planning a celibate life, but with half my chromosomes, I think that might be tough. Change is coming, at every stage of our lives, and embracing it and dealing with it in a healthy way instead of fighting it is the only real option.
Check out the whole end scene below, then try to resist re watching this entire movie. And why not? Today is as good a day as any. Images via Orion Pictures; GIFs via here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , and here. Home Entertainment All the things 'Mermaids' taught me about growing up. All the things 'Mermaids' taught me about growing up.
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