I searched the web for some insight. Guess what non found.It is a cruel joke to lure us into movie (which my dumb self paid 4.50 to rent) and then the movie drops you with no answers, so just for today i will realize it is just a movie and i will review this page to spot other bad ones before i rent!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You only go over the blatently obvious things that happened in the movie. I don't think you understand the movie anymore than the rest of us do.
You didn't touch on the supernatural aspect of the movie. Grace's ability to control fire, the two being somewhat linked in that Violet can feel what happens to Grace (the fire burns violet's finger, the picture Grace burns and Violet feels it, ect). The girls are emotionally detached from Luke (even Violet to an extent), but emotionally connected in some way that is never explained fully. There is an early obsession with mermaids that never played out, as well as an exact account as to the profession of their father who is described only as a "doctor of sorts". As you said, the fate of their mother is never explained and early on they have some serious issues with thinking about their parents, specfifcally their mother.
Violet seems to have been treated poorly by their father (she seems to not posess as much supernatural power as Grace), which is evident when she is learning to play the recorder. Even when Grace fails at raising the flame on the candle, he is nice to her, and then she lights the matchbox on fire and he says nothing.
I don't know if you're supposed to come to your own answers for this movie or it's just something that isn't meant to make any sense. However, there is much more going on throughout the movie than just two sisters planning to make a baby, kick the guy out, and mistakingly falling in love with him.
Well, thanks to all of the other posts on this film, I escaped from this movie just in time---before I ended up pissed off like everyone else---having wasted 90 minutes of my Life. It's on now, and I've been watching it for almost an hour. I thought that I was going crazy trying to understand what the $&@k this movie is really about, and get some explanation and background about the parents....nothing. I decided to come on here to get some answers. Everybody is in the same boat----NO ONE understands this film. So, I have changed the channel and is now watching "Million Dollar Listing New York". Much better.
I hope someone figures this movie out and posts it here on IMDB.com. I would like to know. The one good thing (ONLY good thing) about this movie is the guy that the girls bring home. What a hottie!!! The actor's name is Joe and he's British---which I figured because I kept hearing his English accent in the movie---even though I think he plays an American.
Anyhow, sorry for such a long chatty post. Bottom line is, this movie is bad. But, it was nice to have some nice eye-candy while watching it. Good casting decision. :-)