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The movie was amazing. The actors were perfect for the roles that they were selected for but the movie ended on a such an incomplete note. It left so many things unresolved. So many plot lines left in the wind that it completely ruined the movie for me. It would be nice for a follow up movie or even a series to be created. If not, this movie would be completely a waste of time to watch. Nothing is resolved throughout the movie.

The movie is beautifully shot on location, the cinematography is great. However, ending left everything so open ended. Possibly the worst ending ever. It'll make sense if Lifetime makes it into a series or does a sequel. Leo's character comes off as misunderstood but at the end, you're like huh? So is he a bad guy now? Need closure to the movie, otherwise all will be lost.

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This was soooo good and had me so engaged the entire time.... Up until the very last 5 minutes... I'm sitting here so into this movie and noticing the time and that it's coming to an end but there was still a lot I was waiting for... No closure at all. Totally left me hanging.

This would be really good as a TV show and I hope they do something with it.. Reminds me of a show that would be on the CW.

I'm not sure how I'm going to sleep tonight not knowing what happens with Miranda and Leo!!

This was a truly good Lifetime movie. The cast was perfect and they had great chemistry in telling the story. However the story was left with too many questions and didn't answer the overall question or fill in the blanks and gaps. It was like false advertising. There is too much speculation for the viewer to fill in which makes me think either the book was written this way or the person who wrote the screenplay cut corners. When I looked at the synopsis of the book, it was her grandmother who passed away so I am wondering if her father actually died in the book as he did in the movie which indicated he was a seawalker which would make Maranda half seawalker. Unless the author writes another book to fill in the blanks and continue the story, I could see this as a short limited series on the CW or Freeform channel unless Lifetime decided to create another movie based off a new screenplay to explain and continue the story. Is Maranda half seawalker, did her g=father die because he was no longer swimming, why did her Mom try to kill her when she was an infant, how does the town explain the disappearance of several people, do they ever return, can Maranda be the key to save them and etc. Too many questions left to ponder...

I totally agree with everything that has been said. The ending of the movie totally confused me. It was her mother who saver her, right? Is she maybe half Selkie? The movie left me wanting. I just found out that this movie was made out of a book by Aimee Friedman - Sea Change. I have no idea if it might complete the story but I guess I have to get the book.

This movie seemed very familiar somehow...let's see: Young teenage girl uprooted from her everyday life and placed into a small town in the middle of nowhere, where technology seems taboo (no cell towers?) and people enjoy the good ole' slow way of life....Check! Teenage girl has to live with a family member they've had little to no contact with over the years...allowing for oh so much drama....Check! Teenage girl immediately attracts the attention of two hot guys despite having no real personality, charm, or any real redeeming qualities, one is of course hot, rich, and popular, the other his hot, working class, and an angst ridden loaner (oh whom will she choose?).....Check! Teenage girl begins to suspect there is something strange about her love interest...possibly supernatural....Check. A sudden and mysterious death bearing tell-tell signs of something unnatural lead her to explore the possibility of supernatural creatures ("We found this strange cape, and the victim was found with two puncture wounds and was drained of all their blood....we believe this to be the work of a supernatural being, most likely....a mummy") Check! Teenage girl checks the internet and immediately finds all relevant information to said supernatural beings on the first page she clicks on, complete with ye oldy looking paper (cause Wikipedia looks like that doesn't it folks?)....Check Despite every page warning of her of the extreme danger of such creatures....she immediately proceeds to confront said hot guy with her quote unquote "evidence". "You had scars, now you don't! That proves you're a supernatural creature!" Thus putting herself in danger of being killed for exposing said creature's secret (the one all those old timey pages warned you was a killer, the ones all the town folks are scared of....the ones who have possibly killed one person already?!)....Check! Teenage girl finds herself drawn ever more toward this angst driven loaner/supernatural creature/possible murderer, meanwhile other hot guy grows ever more jealous....Check. Teenage girl ignores what hot guy/supernatural creature clearly told her no less than 30 seconds ago, warning her of extreme danger and that he would most likely try to injure/kill her....but she "trusts" him...well that didn't exactly work out now did it....and you're shocked?! HE LITERALLY JUST TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!! ....Check!!! Movie suddenly ends with no explanation of any of the previously set-up mysteries whatsoever....Well at least that part was different lol. So, yeah.....not really ringing any bells...so familiar......I'd bet my friends Edward, Bella, or Jacob might know. All in all, not the worst movie I've ever seen...but as others have pointed out...seems unfinished...I take it the books aren't finished either....but neither are the Game of Thrones series...it's your job as the writer and or director to figure something out....instead of just crashing into a brick wall at 90 miles an hour.

I cant understand ehat happened and it finished. Good film buy ununderstandable bad end

I have not read the book but after watching the movie I am looking into the book for more information. There was soooo much info left out and now I feel so lost. Was Miranda's dad her real dad? Why did her mom try to kill her? Why did her body glow and pulsate in the water? Why did Leo try to kill her or was he just taking energy from her to heal himself? What happened after he went back to sea? What's the deal with the guy who alters police reports? Soooo lost. I really hope the series continues and all the answers are reviled. Otherwise I felt it was a great story line and good acting <3

Why is there no ending this was so painful I was so into this movie and it was going great and then you just end it after such a big part. What the heck not nice!

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.

Miranda (Emily Rudd) returns to Selkie Island, Maine where she was born. As an infant her father took her away and now she is seeing her estranged mother (Maria Dizzia) for the first time. She has a strange attraction to Siren Beach, a place where people have drown...like recently. The island is divided into two groups, the heirs, the rich people who own things and the townies who are the disrespected hired help. Miranda is an heir who sympathizes with the townies who are also the dreaded Seawalkers. The mystery is what is Miranda's role in all of this, something that doesn't give real closure.

This is moody teen girl film. There are love interests and scenes that are not very graphic.

Guide: no swearing or sex. distant night time nudity?

I have read the book and now I have watched the movie and I feel that there was things left out and changed. The setting in the book is in the south there was fog all around the Island and she didn't meet TJ on the boat like that. She lived with her mother in the book her father wasn't dead but they were divorced. Her grandmother that she had never met was the one to die in the book. There was some things I liked in the movie and would love for them to make another unfortunately there isn't a sequel to the book it leaves you hanging.