Guide Note

Aquamarine is a 20th Century Fox fantasy film about two young girls and their discovery of a mermaid named Aquamarine. Claire (Emma Roberts) and Hailey (Joanna Levesque) are best friends about to be separated when Hailey and her mom move to Australia. They have a chance to change their fate by helping a beautiful mermaid named Aquamarine (Sara Paxton) who appears in a local club swimming pool. Aquamarine needs their help to prove to her father that love exists--otherwise she has to return to the ocean and marry a man she doesn't love. The three teenagers set their sites on hunk Raymond (Jake McDorman), but learn that friendship is one of the strongest forms of love.

Fast Facts

1. Director: Elizabeth Allen
2. Producer:Susan Cartsonis
3. Starring: Joanna "Jojo" Levesque, Emma Roberts, Sara Paxton, Bruce Spence, Jake McDorman and Arielle Kebbel
4. Released: March 3, 2006
5. Run time: 100 minutes
6. Budget: $12 million
7. Rated: PG
8. Based on a children's book of the same name, written by Alice Hoffman
9. Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating: 52%
10. Tagline: A Fish-Out-Of-Water Comedy
11. Emma Roberts is Julia Roberts' niece
12. Set in Florida
13. Filmed in Australia

1. The Little Mermaid
2. Splash
3. Mermaids
4. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid