Lady in the Water (2006)
“I see dead mermaids!”
Lady in the Water is an average movie that lasts 110 minutes. Here’s the story: a long time ago, mermaids and humans lived in close proximity and the mermaids taught the humans how to behave by gifting them with tales of what’s to come. But the humans drifted away, and the mermaids stopped communicating with the humans… much, except to deliver words of impending doom. Well, impending doom is coming again, and the Lady in the Water must meet the fated man who can change the future through a book he is writing ~ and just by meeting her, the fated man will be able to finish the book and etc. The meeting happens, but now the Lady in the Water can’t get home because she is being attacked by giant doggies who hide in the bush. So it’s up to the apartment complex people to band together and help the mermaid. Right.
The biggest problem with the film is that It’s too aware of itself, and it became impossible for the audience (older than 5) to believe in the make-believe. Sure, it’s written for 5 year olds, but comon, most good children’s film that succeed are more interesting than this. I also don’t like Paul Giamatti, and the huge cast of individuals who popped up from nowhere to do this fairy tale. .. maybe if Lady in the Water was hotter chick… … yeah, like say a young Denise Richards… she was hot coming out a pool in Wild Things.