Summaries

Two teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.

In a dreary Florida beach resort village, luscious-limbed lifeguard Raymond is the main attraction for girls. Teenage buddies Claire and Hailey become experts on him by observation, but never dare actually approach him, and after this closing summer season will be separated as one's parents move to Australia. Then they find a storm washes up a sassy mermaid in a swimming pool, who promises them a wish if they help her prove to Neptune love exists, and Raymond is the only creature resembling a love-god.—KGF Vissers

Claire and Hailey are best friends who are trying to enjoy their last few days of their summer break, before Hailey moves with her mother to Australia. But their lives soon change when they meet Aquamarine, who is actually a mermaid, it is soon discovered that she has left her home in order to get out of her arranged marriage and prove to her father the existence of true love. Claire and Hailey promise to keep Aqua's true form a secret and the three girls form a strong friendship. Aqua soon falls in love with Raymond, a handsome, kind-hearted life-guard. However, Cecilia Banks, a spoiled rich girl and Raymond's jealous ex-girlfriend wants to figure out Aqua's identity.—dawsonpersi

Two twelve year old girls are in love with a dilapidated beach club near their home. After a huge storm, they discover Aquamarine, a mermaid, in the pool of the club. Aquamarine then falls in love with the cute, young lifeguard and begs the girls to help her set up a date with him.—Justin Tyler, [email protected]

After a vicious storm , half the ocean washes into the beach club swimming pool. Two teenagers, Haley and Claire, discover a mermaid in the pool. She tells them that she needs to find love in three days, and they agree to help her because helping a mermaid means you get a wish, and they decide that they can use their wish to try and stop Haley from moving to Australia.—citychicbasic

Details

Keywords
  • teenage girl
  • swimming pool
  • mermaid
  • swimming
  • ocean current
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Family
  • Romance
Release date Mar 2, 2006
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Disney+ Hotstar
Language English
Filming locations Sea World - Seaworld Drive, Main Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Production companies Fox 2000 Pictures Major Studio Partners Storefront Pictures

Box office

Budget $12000000
Gross US & Canada $18597342
Opening weekend US & Canada $7482669
Gross worldwide $22989957

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 50m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Two teenage best friends, Claire (Emma Roberts) and Hailey (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) regret that they will be separated in five days, since Hailey has to move to Australia because of her mother's job. One night, after a violent storm they find a mermaid, named Aquamarine (Sara Paxton) in the swimming pool of their beach club. The girls are frightened at first, but then curious. They start to talk with Aquamarine and promise her they will be back in the morning.

When they return, they find Aquamarine in the beach's snack shack, but with a human body instead of a mermaid's. Aquamarine tells them she can assume human form on land during the day if she does not get wet. Claire and Hailey befriend Aquamarine, who tells them that she came to land to find love, an idea she knows nothing about, but desires desperately. She tells them that she made a deal with her father: if she finds love in three days, she will not undergo an arranged marriage. She immediately notices a handsome lifeguard named Raymond (Jake McDorman) and enlists the help of the two girls to win his heart in return for the granting of a wish. The girls see their opportunity to keep Hailey from moving and immediately start helping her.

Claire and Hailey's rival a spoiled, rich girl, Cecilia (Arielle Kebbel) tries her best to stop them, but fails. Also prominent is an eccentric, compassionate caretaker, Leonard, who rescues Aquamarine from public discovery. Eventually, it is not Raymond that convinces Aquamarine that humans can love, but Claire and Hailey, who are willing to give up their wish and their lives in the aiding of a friend. Raymond and Aquamarine share a kiss and promise to meet up again in the future, Raymond promises he'll wait for her. Hailey and Claire get their wish from Aquamarine, but decide not to use it until later.But it is mentioned that they plan to use it to make sure all three of them can visit each other every summer.

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