Hailey and Claire obtain their wish from Aquamarine, but decide not to use it until later. Raymond promises that he will wait for her in Fiji. Raymond and Aquamarine share a kiss and promise to meet again in the future. Eventually, it is not Raymond who convinces Aquamarine's father about love, but Claire and Hailey, who are willing to give up their wish and their lives to help out a friend. He rescues Aquamarine from public discovery and then Aqua grants him a wish, after which he has a lovely relationship with Bonnie (Lulu McClatchy), his long-time crush. Also prominent is an eccentric, compassionate caretaker, Leonard (Bruce Spence). Their advice stems more from the magazines than from any personal experience, and they soon realize that some things are easier said than done.Ĭlaire and Hailey's rival - a spoiled, rich girl named Cecilia (Arielle Kebbel) - tries her best to stop them, but ultimately fails, causing her father to cut off her driving privileges. The girls see their opportunity to keep Hailey from moving and quickly work on prepping Aquamarine on the how-tos of attracting a man. She notices a handsome lifeguard named Raymond (Jake McDorman), whom Claire and Hailey have admired for a while, and enlists the help of the two girls to win his heart in return for granting their wish. She tells them that she made a deal with her father that if she can prove love is not a myth, she will not have to undergo an arranged marriage to a spoiled merman, but she only has three days to do it. Claire and Hailey become friends with Aquamarine, who tells them that she came to land to find love, an idea she knows nothing about, but desires desperately. Aquamarine tells them she can assume human form on land during the day if she does not get wet. The only difference is that she has legs instead of a mermaid's tail. They hear noises by the nearby beach's snack shack and find a nude Aquamarine. Both Claire and Hailey quickly rush down to save Aquamarine but when they reach the pool, everything has been cleared. Claire's grandparents Bob and Maggie (Roy Billing and Julia Blake) were clearing the pool because of the huge storm. The next morning, Claire wakes up and hears a strange commotion down at the swimming pool where they left Aquamarine. They start to talk with Aquamarine and promise her they will be back in the morning. The girls are frightened at first, but then curious. One night, after a violent storm, Hailey wishes for a miracle that will make her mother change her mind about moving, and so they find a mermaid named Aquamarine (Sara Paxton) in the swimming pool of their beach club.

Two teenage best friends, Hailey Rogers (JoJo) and Claire Brown (Emma Roberts), regret that they will be separated in five days, since Hailey has to move to Australia because of her mother's (Claudia Karvan) job. The film, loosely based on a children's book on the same name by Alice Hoffman, and directed by American directorElizabeth Allen was filmed in Queensland, Australia. The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006. Aquamarine is a 2006 Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film starring Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, and Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque (in her film debut).

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