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Of Mermaids and Moonlight - The brilliant film choices of Cher's acting career

On a whim, I brought home Moonstruck from the library last week. What a great movie! The writing is fantastic, and both Cher and Nicholas Cage are great in it.

I'm sure I saw this movie back in the old days, but could not remember much of it except, of course, Cher's response to Nicholas Cage's admittion of love; she slaps him and says "Snap out of it!" (This is the morning after she met this man who is the brother of her fiancée and slept with him, the brother) The outrageous, dramatic characteristics of the Italian family living in New York are fun to watch, and Nicholas Cage's character's reason for his 5-year grudge against his brother is hilarious. The movie. directed by Norman Jewison, was made in 1987 but still holds up and is great.

I then decided that we had to watch Mermaids. This movie is from 1990 and stars Cher and a young Winona Ryder, co-starring Bob Hoskins and about a 6-year-old Christina Ricci. The writing for this movie is also great, with so much character development that I was wondering if it is based on a novel. The idiosyncrasies and peculiar traits of the two women are so well rounded and complete, it's hard to believe all that could come from a screenplay. The scene where Christina Ricci come out with the Jack-o-Lantern on her head alone is worth seeing the movie. (I can't wait until Natasha does something wacky like that.)

For a full list of Cher's film and television appearances and musical contributions, see her entry on the IMBD.

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