>MERMAIDS: SO FINNY YOU'LL FORGET TO LAUGH
IF QUIRKINESS CAME BY THE POUND, NOBODY COULD LIFT this movie. Cher is a free-living mother of two daughters; one, Winona Ryder, won't let being Jewish deter her from wanting to be a nun. There's fun in Ryder's stream-of-consciousness voice-overs as she faces a teenage trauma: an embarrassing mother. Bob Hoskins, as Cher's nice-guy beau, is likable. The film lapses into morose melodrama too often, though. This film is better playful than poignant. (Orion)
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