Mermaids - Christina Ricci Directed by Richard Benjamin (1990) After yet another failed relationship, Mrs. Flax (Cher) ups her family to the east coast to start all over again. Reluctantly dragged along with her is her daughter Charlotte - going through a very confusing time of her life - who wants to become a nun, and instead falls in love with a quiet, mild-mannered church employee, to the mixed response of her mother. Set at around the time of the Kennedy Assassination Cast: Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci, Caroline McWilliams, Jan Miner, Betsy Townsend. Props and Wardrobe I have several items Christina wore in Mermaids. This was Christina's first movie. [Star Wares COA] Blue and yellow sleeveless shirt and blue pants. Christina, Cher, Bob and Winona Green Sweater and yellow turtle neck shirt Christina in a scene from "Mermaids" Christina's long sleeved blue shirt that she wore when she was helping paint her bedroom. A friend wearing Christina's green sweater from "Mermaids". The picture was taken at the curb side where the girls stopped for ice cream in the movie "Now and Then".