Factual error: Cher complains that Astroturf is going to ruin baseball. Mermaids is set in 1963 when Astroturf was still being developed under the name Chemigrass. It wasn't christened Astroturf until it made its world debut on the floor of the Houston Astrodome in 1966.
Mermaids (1990)
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, Cher, Michael Schoeffling
Revealing mistake: Toward the end when Charlotte and Joe are about to make love, it shows him lifting the hem of her black slip. But in the next cut they are kissing again with her slip still on.
Continuity mistake: 35 minutes into the film, Cher enters her bedroom with a bowl in her right hand and a bottle in the left. When she gets into bed, both have switched hands.
Rachel Flax: One thing you can rely on about your father: He can't be relied on.
Rachel Flax: Charlotte, I know you're planning a celibate life, but with half my chromosomes, I think that might be tough.
Charlotte Flax: So Joe, tell me about the nuns in the convent. Do they wear underwear in the shower?
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