Mildly pleasant live-action film for youngsters
“A Mermaid’s Tale” is a modern-day fairy tale about Ryan (Caitlyn Carmichael), a 12-year-old girl forced to move with her father, Matt (Jerry O’Connell), to the dying fishing town where he was born. She will live with her crusty old grandfather, Art (Barry Bostwick), and as she tries to fit in and make new friends, she discovers a secret cove, home to a pod of dolphins. When she accidentally loses her necklace that contains a photo of her deceased mother, a mermaid named Coral (Sydney Scotia) returns it to her. Ryan is fascinated by Coral, and the two girls become friends.<br /><br />Matt left the area years earlier to get away from his own father’s illusions of mermaids. Ryan, however, is fascinated by them, and when she befriends Coral, both girls are eager to learn about each other. Ryan takes Coral clothes shopping and teaches her about putting on make-up. Coral shows Ryan the wonders of what lies below the ocean. Like many pre-adolescent girls, the new friends laugh and giggle a lot.<br /><br />The film is pleasant, if not particularly distinctive. The acting is adequate, and the story should be fun for a pre-teen female audience. It takes cliches about mermaids and recycles them yet again with a slightly different spin.<br /><br />There is a making-of featurette on the G-rated widescreen DVD release.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : 12-year-old Ryan moves to the town where her father was born—a bleak, dying fishing town. However, exploring the coast, she discovers a cove that is home to a mysterious girl named Coral who reveals herself to be a mermaid..