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Mermaids
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2628
- IMDb #2994
- Rotten Tomatoes #2402
- Letterboxd #1620
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2717
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2571
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- Metacritic Critics #2860
- Criticker #2031
- Kinopoisk #1107
- AlloCiné #2259
- Trakt #2805
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 46, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A free-spirited and unconventional mother moves her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in the 1960s. Her youngest, an eccentric and devoutly religious teenager, struggles with her emerging womanhood and a crush on the local convent's caretaker. The family navigates new relationships and confronts their past, all under the shadow of their mother's restless and flirtatious nature.
Details
- Director
- Richard Benjamin
- Writer
- June Roberts
- Based on
- Mermaids by Patty Dann
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
- Released
- 14 December 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $31.0M
- Box office
- $35.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →2 wins from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Best Supporting Actress 1990 | Best Supporting Actress | Winona Ryder | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 1990 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 1990 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Christina Ricci | Winner |
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3 awards — Mermaids
×| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Christina Ricci | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Winona Ryder | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Winona Ryder | Winner |