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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

1948 · 89 min

A gentle, whimsical midlife fantasy that charms with its absurd premise and bittersweet undertow.

Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Tagline
Lucky Mr. Peabody...Everybody thought he was DREAMING!
Overview
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.

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Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
  • aging
  • memory
Places
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Irving Pichel
Written by
Nunnally Johnson
Starring
William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith, Hugh French, Beatrice Roberts
Music
Robert Emmett Dolan
Cinematography
Russell Metty
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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