Mermaids

Cher, Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci make a big splash in this hilarious and heartwarming portrait of a 1960s’ single-parent family trying to adjust to one another’s growing independence.

Adolescent Charlotte (Ryder) is torn between her blossoming passions for a local caretaker (Michael Schoeffling)…and her desire to become a nun (a tough calling for a girl who’s Jewish). Complicating her teen angst is her little sister (Ricci), a determined would-be swimmer, and their mother (Cher), a sexy, flamboyant woman who relocates them to a new town every time she causes a hint of scandal — which is often.

Although their personal styles clash, these three remarkable individuals begin to see that nothing — not even lifethreatening tragedy — can tear apart the bonds of their family.