Trailer
Charlotte's Song trailer:
Official Trailer:
Cast
Iwan Rheon Randall
Katelyn Mager Charlotte
Brendan Taylor George
Plot
A mermaid was rescued by a human male and they fell in love. He kept her from returning to the ocean so a bargain was made. Eventually, a replacement would have to return to the ocean since the original mermaid was unable to. The man (George) and the woman (Serena?) had six daughters. They started a song and dance show (and bar) that capitalized on the woman's mermaid song to entice and entrance the men that came to visit.
Mother tries to save her youngest daughter (Charlotte) so that she wouldn't have to leave home. The only way she can think of potentially saving her daughter is to sacrifice her own life. With mother gone, father has to find a way to provide for their 6 daughters alone. As it is during the depression (dust bowl) in the 1930s, the bar/show was struggling as was before mother's death but without mother to entrance the guests, the family started to struggle even more. The requirement of Charlotte becoming a full mermaid is still an issue and now, with the help of a mafia man named Randall, father has changed the show into a more risque show and started prostituting out the girls. When one of Randall's guards tries to take interest in Charlotte, she turns mermaid on him.
The question is how can Charlotte, a young teenager about 15 years of age, survive? Can she stay human or must she become mermaid? Does she have to return to the ocean or can she stay amongst her family? How can their family come out the stronger after so many bad things have happened?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - *SPOILERS* Good movie and interesting plot, especially with the Mafia leader dude Randall being a supernatural creature that was not fully defined/shown during the movie. Interesting that the girl was able to transform into the mermaid to exact revenge on the Mafia folk and her father, transform back to the humanoid form, and be able to walk around like almost nothing happened.
Overall, it was not a bad movie. Yes, the dialogue of the actors is very quiet so it is hard to hear but that is not a major issue if you like subtitles like I do. It is a very good dark version of Hans Christian Anderson's story, though I have never read it myself, and the effects of the transformations to mermaid form are amazing. The change from changing into mermaid, exacting revenge as a vicious creature, transforming back to human, and walking around as if the transformation didn't take energy out of her really bothers me. Changing forms should have taken something out of her, especially since she is so young and not used to her mermaid form. Aside that, not too bad. NOT for children because of the violence, prostitution, alcohol, and other things, but I recommend if you have some time and want to see a darker version of a beloved story.
More reviews are to come so keep an eye out for them! Thank you for reading my review.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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