Did Tom Hanks turn into a mermaid at the end or something?

Basically she has the power to bring one person back with her to the ocean and suddenly they can breathe underwater and live like she does or something, which doesn't make any sense, but then again...this is a movie about a mermaid! :) He doesn't become a fish or anything, though. And in the made for t.v. sequel I think he's still got his legs.

He can only breathe underwater when he's with Madison - she mentions how when he almost drowned when he was a kid he was ok because he was with her.



"Just because you understand the mechanics of how something works doesnt make it any less of a miracle"

I think when she kisses him underwater he's able to breathe. That's just my theory. Like someone else said, it's left up to the viewer.