Siren Phillips has lived her life thinking she's an ordinary girl, in an ordinary town. On the eve of her twelfth birthday, however, she learns that she is far from ordinary. Destined to turn into a Mermaid at the age of twelve, Siren must struggle with her new reality, saying good-bye to her mother and friends, while she transitions into the water. To make matters worse, a group of hunters are trying to catch her. She soon becomes friends with Adam Wilts, a new boy at school, who she turns to for help. He agrees to help her, but finds himself caught in the middle, when it's his own father who is after Siren. When Siren's mother is taken, the town must rally behind her, and help her make a peaceful transition into the water, before the hunters can find out where she is.

乔伊（詹妮弗·劳伦斯 Jennifer Lawrence 饰）是一名独自抚养两个孩子的单身母亲，虽然她和丈夫托尼（埃德加·拉米雷兹 Edgar Ramirez 饰）已经离了婚，但这个穷困潦倒的男人还常常需要前妻的经济支持。不仅如此，乔伊还要照顾自己每天都瘫坐在电视机前的 母亲和生性风流四处沾花惹草的父亲，她所承担的压力可想而知。　　实际上，乔伊有着非凡的经商头脑，她发明了魔术拖把，大大减少了主妇们花费在家务活上的时间。乔伊和商人尼尔（布莱德利·库珀 Bradley Cooper 饰）之间达成了交易，开始推广魔术拖把进入市场，但很快乔伊就发现，自己仿佛是一块香喷喷的肉，每个路过的人都想从她身上捞到点什么。

After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled Teenager is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug king pin.

When a creative, sensitive teen from a dysfunctional family meets a beautiful, enigmatic runaway; his life is turned upside down when he travels the dark path with her toward parties and drug addiction.