Totally appropriate except for one swear and all the role models were good except Cecile and her clique. Awesome!
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Aquamarine
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Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
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Common Sense says
Girls and a mermaid learn about love. Charming.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Aquamarine
Parents need to know that the film concerns a mermaid's search for "love" among humans, and the comedy involves teenaged flirting, sexual tensions, and giddy girl behavior. Mermaid wears tight outfits, audacious girls appear in bikinis, and the "good girls" dress like tomboys. Girls read teen magazines about how to attract boys, the favorite boy is objectified in slow motion (reference to typical objectification of girls). Characters discuss sex and bodies (breasts, implants) and use mild profanity. Tense family situations include discussion of a girl's parents' drowning, another girl's parents' divorce, and an upcoming move, threatening to split up the girls' friendship. Very brief scare scene during a rainstorm.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the girls' friendship. How do Claire and Hailey help each other cope with extraordinary trauma and ordinary "growing pains"? How does their relationship change as they compete for boys' attention? How do they deal with Hailey's imminent move to Australia?
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Lives in IllinoisI rate this title on for age 5 and give it- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Five Year-olds can watch this!
Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 8 and give itGreat movie!
This a good movie and there is NOTHING i repet nothing bad! Its also a great movie! So just get it and watch it i would of rated it G not PG!
- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Not for kids under 10, but a great tween movie!
This is my favorite movie to watch with my friends because it celebrates friendship. It's just a beautiful story. As far as content, there is some mild language and one use of the b-word, (which is pretty quiet and nonchalantly used so it is likely to go over young kid's heads) a lot of flirting and frequent use of the word "hot" and there are a few references to female body parts (particulary boobs) and girls try to get a guy to like another girl, and a french kiss at the end, and some girls wear revealing clothes. But IT IS PERFECT for tween girls!
Lives in New YorkI rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
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This movie i loved, but kids under ten shouldn't see it some kids in the movie use words like bi***, and there is alot of flirtting.
- Lives in FloridaI rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Absolutly amazing!!!
this movie is so well done. all the actors and actresses did really well (especially Sara and Arielle)
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