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Mar 25, 2008 at 01:54 AM |
 Director :
Elizabeth Allen
Starring : Emma Roberts, JoJo, Sara Paxton
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The plot of Aquamarine
Right before she's to move to Australia, Hailey (JoJo) and her best friend, Claire (Roberts), meet a mermaid (Paxton) who's washed up in their local pool. Their new, buoyant friend has three days to prove to her father that true love exists, and she'll grant any wish the girls for their help in hooking her up.
Aquamarine Movie Review
Review by Joe Leydon:
Sweet and sprightly in just the right measures, "Aquamarine" is one of the season's pleasant surprises. The high-concept premise -- two adolescent girls befriend a temporarily beached mermaid -- has been fleshed out with inventive wit, unsticky warmth and more than a little wackiness. Result is an unusually likeable family-friendly comedy that could appeal far beyond its target demo of tweener femmes and net a wider audience. Looking downstream, pic likely will make an even bigger splash on homevid.Working from a novel by Alice Hoffman ("Practical Magic""Practical Magic"), scripters John Quaintance and Jessica BendingerJessica Bendinger begin their fish-out-of-water scenario by introing 13-year-old best buddies Claire (Emma Roberts of Nickelodeon's "Unfabulous") and Hailey (Joanne "JoJo" Levesque) at summer's end, less than a week before they will be forced to separate. Claire's marine-biologist mom has landed a plum assignment in Australia -- far, far away from their current home in a Florida coastal community where Hailey's grandparents operate an invitingly retroretro beach club.Nearly friendless except for each other, the girls literally pray for a miracle to keep them together. Fortuitously, their prayers appear to be answered when a tidal wave triggered by a sudden storm washes a mermaid into the beach club's swimming pool. Review By Tim Knight:
Sweet without being overly saccharine, Aquamarine is a likable, reasonably engaging fantasy comedy in the literal fish-out-of-water tradition of The Little Mermaid and Splash. This adaptation of Alice Hoffman's young-adult novel may be fluff through and through, but it's refreshing to see a positive depiction of adolescent girls as loyal, brave, and sensitive—in addition to being "boy crazy" for a lifeguard hunk. Although Emma Roberts (Julia Roberts' niece) and Joanna "Jo Jo" Levesque are appealing as 13-year-old best friends in a Florida beach town, the film belongs to Sara Paxton, the blithe, goofy charmer who plays the title character, a mermaid who's come ashore to find true love. Serviceably directed by first-timer Elizabeth Allen, Aquamarine spans three pivotal days in the lives of Claire (Roberts) and Hailey (Levesque). When not mooning over hunky lifeguard Raymond Calder (Jake McDorman), the girls try to avoid resident "mean girl" Cecilia (Arielle Kebbel) and her snotty posse. Yet there's a sad undercurrent to Claire and Hailey's carefree summer days at the beach. Hailey and her marine biologist mother are moving to Australia in a week, and the girl's imminent departure is particularly devastating for Claire, a shy girl who's terrified of the water (her parents drowned in a boating accident). Unless a miracle occurs, the friends will soon bid a tearful goodbye. |
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Last Updated ( Mar 25, 2008 at 05:06 AM )
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