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Aquamarine Gets the Blue Ribbon From Us !
This is an adorable film that little girls will love! My daughter and I saw it when she was about 7 - and we now own the DVD and watch it at least once a year. The main characters are sweet - the setting is charming - and the ending sends a wonderful message to girls. A win-win-win!! :)
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Rampant consumerism
I was shocked to see in the review that consumerism wasn't one of the concerns with this movie. Fashion/teen magazines aren't exactly what I'd want my 10 year old to be reading. Both females and males are constantly in swimsuits and revealing attire. To top it off, the acting isn't very good and the storyline is rather weak. Some of the special effects are good, but most are mediocre. You're not missing much if you skip it.
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good movie but some iffy stuff
there are some iffy scenes like: when a girl shows off her boobs in her bikine to get the lifeguard Raymond to notice her, when 2 charecters kiss, when 2 of the main charecters fet into a big fight (just yelling not hiting), and some mild language.
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Great Message
This movie has a great message of friendship and caring. These girls help there mermaid friend, not only for the wish but for also just helping. I think this movie is great!
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Possibly the worst movie ever
I don't mean to sound harsh, I have two daughters and I took my 12 year old and her like aged friend... I could barely sit thru this film... it was as weakly scripted as it was acted. Very contrived. If you must see this, wait for it to be on video... don't spend the big theater bucks on this one. you have been warned.
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Not Bad
I read lots of reviews- not a bad flick. Hard for parents to sit through because not well scripted or acted, but the message was good. Yes- lots of flirty teen girl behavior- but the boy is attracted to the "nice" girl, friendship rules in the end and all dreams don't come true. I wouldn't hesitate to take the kids again. Need to be ready to talk about it- not for parents who think all children should be protected from the world- but no worse sexually than Lady and The Tramp.
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Yes...possibly the worst movie ever...
I took my my daughter and two of her friends to see this movie (all 9-yrs old) because my daughter and I had just finished reading Alice Hoffman's book "Aquamarine". How an author can allow a wonderful book to be turned into THIS movie is beyond me. Alice Hoffman's book was a wonderful story about two pre-teen girls spending their last summer together...no tribe of villainous girls, no biki-babes, no dumb adults! I was completely astounded that such a great little book could be made into such a low class movie. The positive message at the end of the movie (friendship is as important (or more important) than romantic love) isn't worth all the brainwashing of the previous 68 minutes...save your money and teach your kids this yourself.
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great movie for girls
ok, the acting is not great, nor is the script, but what a wonderful movie for young girls! i am a strict parent when it comes to what my kids watch, but come on now - girls do think about boys alot at that age! its a great coming of age movie. its clean and appropriate for most ages. what a wonderful flick to watch with your daughter or for sleepovers!
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awful
I hated this movie! Not worth seeing at all! Not like the book!
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its so cool that i watched 6 times & icant get enough,ithink its suitable 4 kids more than 10years
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I thought this was a good movie for my 11 year old daughter. There are not many "clean" movies out there that are not promoting sex and violence for girls to see. Girls younger than 10 may be scared by the fathers anger as shown in a storm. I didn't find any moral issues or social issues that were worth mentioning here.
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Horrible Movie
I took my daughter and son to this movie thinking it would be a fun Junior "Chick Flick" and I ended up really hating it. It was too mature for my daughter (4 y/o) and not intesting for my son (8 y/o). What I hated the most was references to weight and the emphasis on looking a certian way. There was one comment a character made to another about getting fat because she ate too much and it was something like two whole bites of food. That really bothered me.
My husband foolishly bought the DVD for the kids later. He watched it and also hated the way that even the so-called nice girls were mean to others.
I took the movie away and replaced it with Whale Rider.
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Should have been PG 13
I thought I could trust PG movies for my 6 and 8 year olds until I saw this movie with them. I turned it off midway through. They do not need to see an entire movie about girls gushing over boys at this age -- wearing tight fitting clothes with their chests hanging out. If this type of movie is rated PG I don't know what we can go on for this age where G movies are too babyish.
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Great
When it comes out on DVD we will have to get it. My daughter loved it.
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Why do you all hate it?
Everyone seems to hate this movie but I don't. It's a very girly movie. The first time I watched it I was at a sleepover with 5 of my friends and we all loved it. The girls, Claire and Hailey, do act like normal pre-teen/teenage girls do. Parents just have a hard time accepting the fact that all girls do is talk about boys and all boys do is talk about girls. It's the way things are. I just watched this movie today and loved it a lot. My dad tried to watch it but after the girls squealed about 1,000 times he couldn't take it. I think that's why lots of people hate it but move on with life and stop complaining about it.
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