Review of Mermaids (1990) by Jay Carr for Boston Globe — 15 Nov 2005
Cher plays a footloose, life-loving mother of two fatherless daughters who sports a bouffant hairdo and, at one crucial point, a Mylar mermaid costume that looks as if it were constructed, on a bet by designer Bob Mackie, entirely out of common household objects.
The part isn't much of a stretch for America's reigning queen of wacky non-conformity, though it should please her established fans while scraping the nerves of the unconvinced as lightly as possible.
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This review of Mermaids (1990) was written by Jay Carr and published by Boston Globe on 15 Nov 2005.
Mermaids has generally received positive reviews.
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