Aquamarine Reviews

Little girls and salty sea dogs alike have long been held in thrall to the mermaid's siren song; in Aquamarine, based on Alice Hoffman's book, the ladyfish finds herself awash in the low tide of teen romantic comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Director Elizabeth Allen sets a nicely easy-breezy tone for Aquamarine, but her comic timing is sometimes shaky and she sadly cannot overcome the weaknesses of the script.

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The movie scores a major victory in reaching its audience with the all-too-important message that they are fine just the way they are.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Kids seem to love the recognizable 'tween stars, but for the rest of us it's sort of like the cotton-candy scene%u2014we're not sure whether to eat it or rub our faces in it.

Full Review | Original Score: C

As shameless as trashy cookie-cutter studios movies will ever get.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Unfortunately, the performances are often clunky and the art direction and CG are wanting, so anyone over the age of eight is likely to find it cheap around the edges. One for very little mermaids.

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The performances are charming, particularly JoJo Levesque, who is rapidly becoming the new Lindsay Lohan (only in a good way).

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

This fantasy comedy should entertain its pre-teen female market -- and repel those silly superficial boys (swoon).

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

This is when my job feels like work.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

if you aren't expecting much, Aquamarine isn't an utterly awful way to spend an afternoon

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

For supervising grownups, its giddy leanings will induce seasickness.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

It's silly and trivial but harmless enough for undemanding teenage girls, and Roberts and Levesque make a vivacious team.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

JoJo can't act-act, and the same goes for everyone else in Aquamarine who isn't a dolphin.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Aquamarine is pleasant enough and perfect for its target demographic, but it's a run of the mill movie that wouldn't stand out among the various cable TV offerings for its audience.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

It's not going to win an Oscar or anything. But I liked how it was actually made for tween girls.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Cross the Gidget flicks with a sudsy fish-out-of-water tale and -- poof -- you'll get this 'tween fantasy, which only lands with a small splash.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

An amusing, sweet 'n' spunky friendship tale - if you're a 'tween. If you're older, this may be too soggy and sappy for you.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

As silly and girly as an adolescent crush -- and every bit as fun -- "Aquamarine" is the perfect film for girls age 10 and older%u2026and their older sisters. And their moms. And some of us who used to be adolescent girls.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

I kept getting the sense of an Afternoon Special that had blundered into a theater by accident on its way to a TV set.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Fantastic film for tweens, bearable film for the rest of us

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10