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Common Sense Media says OK for kids 10+ Tween-friendly but mediocre mermaid tale sinks.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this father-daughter comedy would be quite inoffensive were it not for the fact that it’s mind-numbingly boring. It makes little sense, plot-wise, and though the heroine is a plucky 12-year-old who may appeal to tween viewers, it’s really jumbled. There’s some minor swearing, but not much.
  • Families can talk about Serena and her dad: Is he a good father? Why does he need to be taken care of even though he’s the grown-up?
  • How does the mermaid change their lives?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: Love comes from unexpected sources and at unexpected times.
  • rolemodels true2 Positive role models: A daughter cares for her father and wants to see him happy and in love. He is indulgent of her, but seems erratic. Academics are portrayed as fuddy duddies.
What to watch for
  • violence false2 Violence: Errant fireworks ignite a bride’s dress; a chicken is bludgeoned (though we don’t see anything except for a few flying feathers); a marble statue falls on a man. A man slaps his tween son.
  • sex false1 Sex: Nothing racy; some mild flirting and scenes with bikini-clad women. The mermaid here is, like previous movie mermaids, naked from the waist up except for scales that cover her breasts.
  • language false1 Language: Not much swearing, except for the words “bitch” and “a-hole” (not “asshole”).
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: A champagne bottled is popped at a wedding.
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