After learning of her romantic dilemma, Claire and Hailey decide to help her by teaching her how to turn the head of Raymond (Jake McDorman), a cute lifeguard at the nearby beach. Aquamarine’s father is a leader of the undersea world who has arranged for his daughter to marry a boy whom she doesn’t care for unless Aquamarine can prove to him that it’s real, she will have to go through with the wedding. While the girls wonder if there’s anything they can do to avoid the inevitable, a storm breaks out and the waves toss an unusual example of sea life into Hailey’s swimming pool – Aquamarine (Sara Paxton), a teenaged mermaid who has some problems of her own. Thirteen-year-old Claire (Emma Roberts) and same-aged Hailey (Joanne “JoJo” Levesque) are two close friends living in Tampa, FL, who are facing a separation in a few weeks – Claire’s mother is a marine biologist who has been given a prestigious new job in Australia, meaning the girls are not likely to see much of each other again. Two teenagers think they have problems until they come to the rescue of a girl with a fishy story to tell in this teen-oriented comedy.

Love the movie? Read the book Practical Magic and the prequels The Rules of Magicand Magic Lessons.Ĭast: Emma Roberts, Joanna ‘Jojo’ Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman

Sally intervenes when Gillian suffers at the hands of her abusive boyfriend Jimmy (Goran Visnic), and Arizona detective Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn), investigating Jimmy’s disappearance, turns up in town, eyeing Gillian and Sally as the leading suspects. Moving into the aunt’s seaside mansion, the widowed Sally warns the aunts not to influence her daughters. Her marriage to Michael (Mark Feuerstein) brought two daughters – and Michael’s death. Denying her powers, Sally attempted to lead a life minus magic. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried to pass on practical magic skills to their nieces, subdued Sally (Sandra Bullock) and fiery Gillian (Nicole Kidman), brought up by the two aunts after their parents died. Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing

Aquamarine by alice hoffman