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AQUAMARINE follows two 13-year-old best friends through the last days of summer. Claire and Hailey are inseparable, sharing everything including a crush on lifeguard Raymond. But their days of carefree giggling will soon come to an end if they can't find a way to stop Hailey's imminent move to Australia. Unexpectedly coming to their rescue is Aquamarine, a mermaid who appears one day at the beach-club that Claire's grandparents own.Product Identifiers
ProducerSusan Cartsonis
EAN5039036027694
eBay Product ID (ePID)59550957
Product Key Features
ActorSara Paxton, Claudia Karvan, Roy Billing, Jake Mcdorman, Emma Roberts, Bruce Spence, Tammin Sursok, Arielle Kebbel, Julia Blake, Joanna Levesque
Film/TV TitleAquamarine
DirectorElizabeth Allen
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesFeaturette-On-Set\Deleted Scenes\Introduction by Director Elizabeth Allen
GenreComedy, Romantic
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
ComposerDavid Hirschfelder
ReviewsSight And Sound - It strives, with some success, to be both whimsical and hip. It is aimed squarely at little girls, who may thrill to its fascination<BR><BR>, Total Film - Cute, charming....It's essentially SPLASH for 13-year-olds
Additional InformationBased on the book by Alice Hoffman (PRACTICAL MAGIC), the refreshingly innocent AQUAMARINE follows two 13-year-old best friends through the last days of summer. Claire (Emma Roberts) and Hailey (Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque) are inseparable, sharing everything including a crush on lifeguard Raymond (Jake McDorman). But their days of carefree giggling will soon come to an end if they can't find a way to stop Hailey's imminent move to Australia. Unexpectedly coming to their rescue is Aquamarine (Sara Paxton), a mermaid who appears one day at the beach-club that Claire's grandparents own. Emerging from the pool with long blonde hair, eyeliner, and sass, the mermaid possesses everything Claire and Hailey lack--confidence, big breasts, and nail polish that changes colour with her mood. If the girls can get Aquamarine (whose fin transforms into long legs on land) used to life among humans and help her find true love, they may get their wish granted for Hailey to stay. Putting their personal feelings towards Raymond aside, the girls attempt to set him up with the mermaid despite interference by a villainous girl who wants Raymond for herself. When the girls aren't on the beach, they're shopping or having sleepovers in bedrooms covered with the marks of teen girlhood: pink bedspreads, pictures of celebrities, and an endless supply of teen magazines. The film's funniest moments come from the characters' attempts to not only master the magazine's many absurd prescribed techniques for getting boys' attention, but also from their having to teach a mermaid to do the same. While the film doesn't exactly argue with the messages spouted by publications like CosmoGirl, it brings them into question by highlighting just how centrally they factor into shaping the 'tween' generation. It also suggests true friendship may be more valuable than perfect looks or popularity.
ScreenwriterJohn Quaintance, Jessica Bendinger
CinematographerBrian J. Breheny
Movie/TV TitleAquamarine