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Aquamarine
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
MPAA RATING: PG for mild language and sensuality
Starring
Emma Roberts,
JoJo,
Sara Paxton,
Jake McDorman,
Arielle Kebbel,
Claudia Karvan,
Bruce Spence,
and
Tammin Sursok
Following a violent storm, a beautiful and sassy mermaid named Aquamarine washes ashore and into the lives of two best friends about to be parted at summer's end. When Aquamarine falls for a local, hunky lifeguard, she enlists the girls' help to win his heart and in exchange offers to grant the girls one wish. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Drama
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Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
John Quaintance
Jessica Bendinger
Alice Hoffman (novel)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Elizabeth Allen
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 13, 2006
Theatrical: March 3, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
109 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
The movie has a sweetness and innocence that makes it near perfect entertainment for its target audience.

70
Variety
Joe Leydon
Result is an unusually likeable family-friendly comedy.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Undemanding, unsurprising and really quite charming within conventional limits, Elizabeth Allen’s tween-coming-of-age feature debut is as realist as can be, given that, of the three nice Florida girls who need to grow up in the movie, the eponymous heroine (Sara Paxton) is a high-achieving blond mermaid with vaguely feminist leanings, a twitchy blue tail and the comic timing of an up-and-coming Cameron Diaz.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A bright and breezy tween fantasy romantic comedy that coasts along on its charming performances and the light comedic touch of first-time feature director Elizabeth Allen.

67
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Refreshingly, the movie never wavers in the importance it places on friendship over just about anything else.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Unique because it's the rare movie that fiercely respects the altruistic loyalty that bonds girls to one another.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Won't win points for originality, but the screenplay includes some snappy dialogue, smart observations, and an uplifting message about the importance of friendship.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
It's not the best "Little Mermaid" movie - it's totally predictable and its trio of tweeners squeal at a pitch that could break glass. But it's also a bubbly confection about best friends, crushes on preening lifeguards, grrrl power and shades-of-blue fashion tips.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
It's high-spirited, innocent fun.

63
USA Today
Staff [Not Credited]
Despite corny one-liners and plot developments that don't always hold water, Aquamarine rises above the flotsam filling theaters this time of year with a likable tale of friendship and charming performances.

60
Empire
Anna Smith
This fantasy comedy should entertain its pre-teen female market – and repel those silly superficial boys (swoon).

60
The New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
Ms. Paxton isn't quite as magnetic as a movie mermaid ought to be, but the two buddies are a treat to watch, especially Ms. Roberts, showing the genes of her Aunt Julia.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
That everything gets worked out -- friendship affirmed, jokes made about silly magazine articles on reeling in a boy -- is as sure as the soundtrack's inclusion of a Mandy Moore song.

58
Portland Oregonian
M. E. Russell
This is a totally predictable exercise if you're not in the target market.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Simultaneously salacious and sugary.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
The film robs mermaids of everything exotic and remarkable about them in mythology.

50
Dallas Observer
Gregg Rickman
Aquamarine will likely please its undemanding tween audience--especially if today's kids are as unsavvy a crew as 20th Century Fox seems to think.

50
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Aquamarine is better than nothing for its woefully underserved audience.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is awfully sweet. The young actresses playing eighth-graders look their age, for once, and have an unstudied charm.

50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Winda Benedetti
If "Splash" was a movie for grownups and "The Little Mermaid" was a film for kids, it's safe to say that the latest flick to feature a mermaid is aimed directly at those who are neither adults nor children, but rather lost somewhere in that awkward middle zone in between.

50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The story has its hokey moments ("There's something very fishy about that girl"), but the sincerity and focus of the storytelling compensate.

50
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Aside from an inspired bit involving a pair of sycophantic starfish, it's amazing how unimaginative a movie about a mermaid can be, and it's sad how thoroughly its girl-power stylings devolve into a muddle of mixed messages.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Like its title heroine, it's sparkly, pretty and flirty--but often all wet.

42
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
Adapted (and significantly reshaped) from a young-adult book by novelist Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine has the tossed-off quality of an ABC Family TV movie. Its lessons come pre-digested.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
But for what it is, I think it's pretty okay. It's not going to win an Oscar or anything. But I liked how it was actually made for tween girls.

40
Village Voice
Gregg Rickman
The film's true focus is the friendship between the two girls, although this tends to get lost between Elizabeth Allen's jittery direction and the screenplay's contrivances.

38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
It would seem that Allen and screenwriters John Quaintance and Jessica Bendinger couldn't decide between making a movie about the summer that 'tweens become teens or "Scenes From a Mal"l for the MTV set.


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