Film Origins: Mermaids

Appreciation post - 1990 Mermaids

(This is not a review, I repeat this is not a review)

Does anyone else have films that throughout their whole life are too similar to your life or your exactly like the characters in them. Me and my sister relate heavily to Mermaids and Ghost World. One are mum is much more maternal than Chers character and a lot more affectionate but is a lot like her also. And me and my sister are a bit like Christina Ricci's and Winona Ryder's character. I remember the night I first watched the film. It was winter and mid December and there was a ring at the door and this wrapped up DVD just slid through the letterbox addressed to me. I opened it up and inside was Mermaids my sister promised it to me. I was 10 watching this amazing film and relating so much to it and loving it. I remember my grandad telling us about are Jewish heritage and how he was gonna make me latkes that exact week.

The films plot is about a mother the one and only Cher who, sleeps around a lot in order to get what she wants half of the time and when she has had enough ups and leaves and forces her kids to move with her constantly. Neither of them know their fathers. After the 18th time of moving they move to Boston where they meet Bob Hoskins (RI.P we love you) and him and Cher kind of fall in love 'kind of' a word I use lightly. Ryders character Charlotte wants to be Christian and perhaps a even a nun, and her mum often reminds her she's Jewish. She then meets the Convents caretaker and bus driver for her school Joe who she is maddddly in love with and tests her faith. Ricci is so young in the film her character loves to swim and loves anything sea related hence when Cher dresses up as a sassy mermaid.

It is based on the novel by Patty Dann. I did say this isn't a review as the film is pretty self explanatory and a cult classic so I'll just show you some reasons why I love it so much other than the personal bullish@t story you didn't need to read.

1. Chers car is fabulous

2.Chers 20 second marsh mellow gummy bear wholesome kebab sticks

3. This scene being my actual life

4.Charlottes fabulous virgin Mary outfits

5. Re-anacting this scene every Halloween

6. Chers amazing outfits that we all wanted

7. Chers sassy stare

8. routing for this relationship all the way because Joe was an actual GOD but you wanted to punch him also because he was so silent and ignored Charlotte when she caught him kissing her mum and just drove off like a jerk.....