Mermaid's Song

The movie itself was a little draggy but intriguing enough. I liked it for the most part. Where it loses majorly is how they managed, I mean mismanaged the sound. Shouldn't singing voices be heard and not drowned out by the music and sound effects? Hard to make out a lot of what was said because voices were constantly drowned out.

The story is a mermaid that gives up her life to be a human & in return she must submit her daughter to the waters. She ends up committing suicide in order to save her daughter, but that doesn't work.

Her father runs a brothel & prostitutes his daughters to pay off a debt. After the debt is paid, he continues the brothel.

The daughter falls for a guy, & then there is basically a pointless ending, as there is nothing to go by.

Tried watching this film on Hulu: the audio editing was so bad I couldn't watch more than 17 minutes, with the music loud and the talking soft I gave us due to the need to adjust the remote constantly, which is a shame since the film looked interesting. It's not my television and I doubt it's a Hulu problem since all other programs and films are fine.

Sound editing is extremely bad. Not sure what was being said too often so not really sure what was going on beyond the obvious. Not sure how a movie gets released in such a state? I'm also at a loss as to what they spent 2 million dollars on?

A pinch of Del Torro, and a spot of David Lynch, some very competent actors, some nice stylish direction - and the result is inexplicably dull. The fault must lie with the script, which is inconsequential and uninvolving. This - like the occasional sound issues - could be an artistic decision, to elevate the weirdness of the piece, but either way the results are a bit of a chore to watch. In fact - and I don't often use this sentence - the musical numbers are often highpoints.

A lot of effort seems to have gone into this, and budget doesn't appear to be lacking, so I feel I should like it more than I do. Even so, I found it a challenge to stick around until the end. We don't really get to know the characters, or learn what relationship they have with each other, and therefore don't care what happens to most of them.

The plot is hard to fathom, frequently incomprehensible. Again, this could be deliberate, but either way, it alienates the viewer. I couldn't get into this, and didn't know what kind of film it wanted to be. My score is 4 out of 10, which an additional point for the frequently excellent musical score and a finale which goes some way to living up to the promise of the title.