Like her namesake from Shakespeare's "The Tempest," young Miranda finds herself on a strange island with all kinds of potential for magical and supernatural occurrences. Indeed, her life is shrouded in mystery when she was apparently abandoned by her mother, Amelia. But now, her father, Greg Merchant, has died, and social services has mandated that Miranda return to the auspices of Amelia. This is the story of Miranda' return to Selkie Island.
"Sea Change" is an enormously convoluted story. It also includes a large number of unlikable characters. Even Miranda herself seems hostile to her apparently loving mother, who welcomes the reunion. At the same time, Amelia is hiding a secret from her daughter that is not revealed until the final minutes of the film.
Amelia is an artist who has captured the essence of the "Sleepwakers," creatures who appear in human form and emerge from the sea to demand human sacrifice. A painting in Amelia's home depicts the sirens seeking to attract the sailors of Odysseus. A recent casualty has occurred with the death of Kit Morgan, a skilled diver, whose death was ruled a drowning by the local Sheriff Colley.
But Kit Morgan's death was not accidental, and apparently Sheriff Colley is one of the Sleepwalkers herself. As Miranda becomes attached to the "townie" named Leo, she discovers that he has strange markings on his body that appear at night. And, underwater, he has florescent bug eyes. It turns out that Leo and his sister Naomi are Sleepwalkers. They have scored a "hit" on Kit Morgan, and they are now planning to return the depths of the sea.
Will they take Miranda along with them? Does Miranda herself possess the powers of the Sleepwalkers? It is only in the final moments of the film that it is revealed that Amelia, like Shakespeare's Prospero, is the controlling figure and guardian of her child in a dramatic rescue on Siren Beach. The infant Miranda avoided the fate a s Sleepwalker when the loving mom packed the kid off to Portland. Now, she comes to her rescue again by using her own magical powers to allow her child to remain in the human realm and avoid the fate of sleeping with the fishes.
"Sea Change" is an enormously convoluted story. It also includes a large number of unlikable characters. Even Miranda herself seems hostile to her apparently loving mother, who welcomes the reunion. At the same time, Amelia is hiding a secret from her daughter that is not revealed until the final minutes of the film.
Amelia is an artist who has captured the essence of the "Sleepwakers," creatures who appear in human form and emerge from the sea to demand human sacrifice. A painting in Amelia's home depicts the sirens seeking to attract the sailors of Odysseus. A recent casualty has occurred with the death of Kit Morgan, a skilled diver, whose death was ruled a drowning by the local Sheriff Colley.
But Kit Morgan's death was not accidental, and apparently Sheriff Colley is one of the Sleepwalkers herself. As Miranda becomes attached to the "townie" named Leo, she discovers that he has strange markings on his body that appear at night. And, underwater, he has florescent bug eyes. It turns out that Leo and his sister Naomi are Sleepwalkers. They have scored a "hit" on Kit Morgan, and they are now planning to return the depths of the sea.
Will they take Miranda along with them? Does Miranda herself possess the powers of the Sleepwalkers? It is only in the final moments of the film that it is revealed that Amelia, like Shakespeare's Prospero, is the controlling figure and guardian of her child in a dramatic rescue on Siren Beach. The infant Miranda avoided the fate a s Sleepwalker when the loving mom packed the kid off to Portland. Now, she comes to her rescue again by using her own magical powers to allow her child to remain in the human realm and avoid the fate of sleeping with the fishes.