In 1963 Oklahoma, Charlotte Flax is a 15-year-old whose carefree 31-year-old single mother, Rachel, relocates Charlotte and her 9-year-old half-sister, Kate, each time she ends a relationship. Rachel's parenting approach … See more

• Cher as Rachel Flax / Mrs. Flax
• Bob Hoskins as Louis "Lou" Landsky
• Winona Ryder as Charlotte Flax
• Michael Schoeffling as Joseph "Joe" Peretti… See more

Producers initially engaged Swedish director Lasse Hallström to direct Mermaids as his English-language feature debut, but he left the project to direct Once Around (1991). They subsequently hired Frank Oz as a replac… See more

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 72% based on reviews from 25 critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 56% based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave … See more