Great flicks like Freaky Friday and Charlotte’s Web aside, there just aren’t a lot of movies that are friendly to the female tween audience. At least, not many without messages guaranteed to horrify mom, or make the movie a serious no-no if any younger sibs happen to be hanging around.
So the gentle tween romance Aquamarine is even more of a refreshing surprise. Made in 2006, the film features two charming 13-year-old girls who, by the way, really look like 13-year-olds, not overly made up twentysomethings, who play out a pre-teen version of Splash when they find a mermaid trapped in a beachside swimming pool. They take the mermaid, Aqua (Sara Paxton), home, hide her condition from everyone, and help her on her quest to find true love. Which, wonder of wonders, turns out to not be found in the arms of some boy, but instead within the circle of female friendship she’s found on land.
Aqua’s clothes could be a little less slutty, and the film employs the tired old “mean girls vs. nice girls” trope, with a group of harpies opposing Aqua and her cohorts. But overall the film is cute, girl positive, fun to watch, and even boasts a cool theme song: “Connected,” sung by Paxton, was also featured in another girl-power movie, Barbie and the Diamond Castle.
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May 25th, 2011 at 6:39 amthis movie is cool
May 25th, 2011 at 6:40 ami <3 it
May 28th, 2011 at 7:39 amI’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s impressnig me!
May 29th, 2011 at 2:39 amjkjl;ku
July 9th, 2011 at 12:34 ami love aquamarine
July 9th, 2011 at 12:35 amlove the movie
February 11th, 2012 at 6:51 pmnice movie i would allways wach it all the time
February 11th, 2012 at 6:52 pm