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Mermaid

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I thought that this film was very heartwarming. A young girl loses her father when she is four years old. Her mother obviously distraught was left to care for her alone, with the help of her mother and some friends. The little girl loved mermaids. Because the little girl didnt understand where her father had gone, her grandmother told her that she could write a letter to him, which they attached to a balloon. the balloon floated away and landed by a lake known as Mermaid lake in Mermaid City. A hunter found the letter and took it home, showed it to his family and decided to write back. The little girl recieved the letter later on and went to visit this family. They became firm friends. Meanwhile the mother became quite close to an old friend, whihc may have turned into a romance.
Overall i loved this film it was very sad but had a nice ending and was based on a true story.

Except for the terrible cover and a killer of a title, this is an excellent movie. But it's not for everyone. If you like action, explosions, car chases, etc., this is NOT the movie for you.

The death of her father has put a 5-year-old girl into such shock that she refers to herself in the third person. She believes her father doesn't come home because she has done something bad and he won't forgive her. (The portrayal of this child by the child actress is nothing short of amazing.) How she is cured and the kindness shown to her, not just by those around her and by a distant family, but by the public at large is one of the most moving sequences on film. If you're not into human kindness or refuse to believe it exists, stay away from this film. But if you believe there's still hope, this movie will show you, you're right.

I wasn't sure what to expect at first viewing of this, but I was hopeful considering that Ellen Burstyn has habit of being in rather excellent movies. This definately is another success.

It's a simple story about a Rhonda and her daughter who loses her husband and they both hold in their grief so deeply they become emotionally paralyzed. Rhonda's mother (Ellen Burstyn) comes up with the idea to send a letter to the little girl Desi's dad up in Heaven tied to a mermaid balloon which mysteriously ends up thousands of miles away in a town called Mermaid in Canada. This incredible event changes Desi and Rhonda's life forever.

Now mind you I am not a person who is prone to crying at movies but this one touched me so deeply I couldn't help myself. I never expected to be so profoundly moved by this little film, but it was just so beautiful and heartfelt. The fact that this is based on a true story only adds to it's impact. This is a great movie for anyone young or old. Just have some tissues nearby it's a real tear jerker.

The only mermaids in the TV-movie are the ones on the balloon and in the book, but the story is based on a real event.

Very loosely modeled on Hans Christian Andersen's original "The Little Mermaid" (not the Disney version), the film depicts in fanciful fashion the attempt of a small girl to communicate with her dead father in heaven by attaching a note to a balloon with a mermaid pictured on it. The balloon is carried on the wind from California to St. Edward's Island in Canada, and the people who find it respond to the girl's message. The cast is well-chosen and the film is touching without being mawkish.

It is pleasant to imagine that mermaids and angels exist in the light beyond death.

I am the founder of a grief center and I saw this movie for the first time today. This movie, because based on a true story, shows the extreme struggles of a family moving through the grief journey (and that is what it is - a journey). I am glad Showtime took the time to make it! It is very hard for small children to understand the permanent aspect of death. It is a lovely story that helps a 4 year old understand death, grief and find a place for hope and love in her heart. Children greive and it is very hard for loved ones to be honest with children about death, because no one wants children to hurt. Try your best! Many mystical things happen after someone dies if you open your ears and heart to hear the "Mermaids".

A child's letter to heaven gets an unexpected response in this touching family drama, inspired by actual incidents. Desi is a five-year-old girl who has become inconsolable after the death of her father. Desi's mother, Rhonda, isn't sure what to do for her troubled daughter and when the girl tells her mother she wants to write her father a last letter and attach it to a balloon so it will be carried to heaven, Rhonda agrees it's a good idea. Desi and Rhonda send out the balloon, which is carried by the winds to a small community known as Mermaid. There, a man named Wade MacKinnon finds the balloon, with the letter attached. After reading the message, Wade and his family decide to answer the letter, as if their missive had been written by Desi's late father.

This is such a beautiful and moving story and indeed it will bring you to tears!

I DIDN'T KNOW SOMEONE STILL KNEW OR CARED ABOUT SUCH WONDERFUL HUMAN INTEREST STORIES.IF YOU WEREN'T MOVED TO TEARS, YOU HAVE NO FEELINGS

This is a great movie, and a tear jerker! It is based on a true story about a five year old girl whose dad dies and she writes him a letter in heaven, which then gets found by a family living in a place called "Mermaid!"

It is well acted, and the little girl who plays the title role is just great in it!

Touches your heart this one, lovely story about a little girl whos daddy goes to heaven and she wants to write him a letter as she never got to say goodbye, based on a true story really is one to watch..with tissues at the ready!

This is a movie about a little girl who lost her father. The little girl was so sad that she wrote a letter to her father and attached it to a balloon. She then let go of the balloon and sent it up to heaven, to deliver the letter to her father.

It is based on a true story. The story is mostly true, the actual girl did send a balloon in to the sky , with a letter attached to her father. The letter was really answered by someone from far away.

I wish that the movie would have given the viewer more information about her father, Ken Gill, who was a personal friend of mine. He loved the little girl very much, but was going through some very troubling times with his ex-wife Rhonda. It was then that he took his own life. He is sadly missed by all who knew him. I think of him often, especially when this movie comes on. It has been many years since this has happened....

His daughter has my heart felt sympathy. I am sad that she will not have the opportunity to know how much her father loved her. The movie is a sweet remembrance of his memory.