MERMAIDS

Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, Christina Ricci

Orion; Directed by Richard Benjamin

Rated PG-13; 111 minutes; 1990

Set in 1963, the sunset of America's age of innocence, MERMAIDS follows the unconventional Flax family—Mom (Cher), the original liberated woman; Charlotte (Winona Ryder), a hormonal teenager who wants to be a nun (so what if she's Jewish) and Kate (Christina Ricci), a nine-year-old swimming champ. Add Bob Hoskins as a local shoe proprietor who takes an interest in Mrs. Flax and watch as the Flax women make you laugh, make you cry, and ultimately, win your heart.