Why so much hype?

Lack of good storyline.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Brilliant film, love to watch this with friends on a night in. Such a good movie with a good strong story line with lots of development on the characters, you feel as if you know the character in the first twenty minutes and feel as you can relate with sibling rivalry. This movie blows me way every time with moments when you can't believe something has happened to when you get that strange happy feeling. Like nearly everyone has said in the reviews so far, can't believe this has not become a television series. Would recommend this to anyone if they are into mystical and magical movies just like this. One of my favorite movies.

We watched an excellent movie tonight on Sky. it was called MERMAIDS. it was a TV Movie, which was designed as a Pilot for a series. However the series has not yet been picked up. I wanted to tell you because people on IMDb were saying how it is similar to Charmed..It is about 3 Mermaid sisters. who come to dry land to avenge the death of there merman father who was murdered by a fisherman. Its very funny as one of the sisters has real trouble trying to walk in heals. Everyone on IMDb were talking about it becoming a series. but it never got picked up. People are saying when Charmed finishes they wished this could have replaced it. I totally agree. i would loved to have seen this movie as a TV Series. You could totally tell it was designed as a pilot to a series to. so its a shame.

I'll admit I didn't actually watch this movie from the beginning, I only caught the end. However, in that time, myself and my friend definitely noted at least 5 instances where this "film" could have shifted into one of those 1 am shows on Cinemax. Honestly the transition would have been seamless. Starting from the scene in the prison to the end of the movie with the delivery boy, sexual innuendo abounded. Add to that the cheesy dialogue, mediocre special effects, and paper-thin plot and you have the makings of a fairly good skin flick. Seriously all that was missing was some steamy scenes and a pizza guy.

I liked this movie so much I believe that it should be a TV series. Three beautiful young mermaids who have the ability to have legs while they're dry and havetails when they're wet (an idea seen in the movie 'Splash' 1984). I loved the way these three mermaids had magical powers. Diana the oldest (and wisest of the three) has this hair clip which can transform into a powerful pitch-fork which can cut through anything. Diana also has super-strength. Venus has the power to hypnotize men, and seduce them into doing anything she wants. She can also make men lose their memory.June has this magical mirror which allows her to have visions, i.e. allows her to see things that are happening else where.There was also one other thing all these mermaids were capable of: making a high pitched scream which can shatter glass. These mermaids refer to humans as "mortals". Their only weakness is that if a "mortal" makes a wish to them, these mermaids would have to grant the wish. These three mermaids from the start of the film have chosen three different paths in life. Diana has chosen to live in the sea with her father, while Venus and June have both chosen to live on land with humans. Venus works as an "aquatic dancer" in a restaurant and June works as a staff member in an aquarium. So all three have gone separate ways until their father is murdered by an unscrupulous fisherman. All three sisters reunite to bring their father's killer to justice. But their reunion doesn't go smoothly they have a number of disputes with each other but soon learn to resolve them. So to me this film is like a soap opera, comedy and fantasy all combined into one film. This is a very beautiful and enjoyable film and I very much recommend it!