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: In the scene where Cher is giving out tubes of toothpaste to the kids for Halloween, the bowl is almost emptied by the costumed kids and in the next scene the bowl is full again.
Rachel Flax: One thing you can rely on about your father: He can't be relied on.
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