Down on his luck man drives off into the ocean in order to disappear and finds a mermaid in distress. He takes it home and tries to care for it.
Bleak comedy is not so much a variation on Splash, but
rethink as a nightmare. The mermaid is animalistic, it isn’t human, and the
attempts to care for is spin off in unexpected ways. This is a comedy that
wants to disturb us and our notions of our interactions with nature and our
interactions with each other.
This is a film I admire more than I like. I love the edge
and the refusal not to follow the expected path. On the other hand, there is deep
sadness to this film We feel pity for our hero. He is just a sad little man who
probably is overwhelmed tying his shoes. His efforts for do good and help a
creature just because he feels he must, not because he should, goes horribly
wrong. Yes, it results in some uncomfortable laughs, but the whole films
uncomfortable as well and it makes this feel like some place we don’t want to
visit. As I said I admire this more than I like it.
My not connecting to this aside, this is a super film on its own terms and if you like to be disturbed with sadness as you laugh, give this a shot.
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