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)
1 factual error
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cher, Christina Ricci, Michael Schoeffling, Winona Ryder
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.
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