大牌影星朱·巴瑞摩尔曾在著名科幻巨片《E.T.外星人》中饰演一位惹人喜爱的小女孩歌蒂，而在《欲海潮》一片中，观众所看到的巴瑞摩尔已不再是一个小女孩了，她已经成长为一名成熟性感的大艳女。
茜维是一个叛逆不平的富家女，在一个偶然的机会遇到了与自己个性迥然不同的艾薇，她热情开放的举止及特有的神秘色彩让茜维为之震撼，因好奇心驱使她一心想与她成为好友，因缘际会下，艾薇住进了茜维家，但从此灾难接踵而至，父亲被艾薇诱惑出轨，母亲离奇堕楼而亡……

Laura's parents divorced when she was eight. Now, at thirteen, she lives with her mother, her stepfather, two stepbrothers, a stepsister, and a half-brother. She used to visit her father, stepmother (third stepmother) and half-sister, but now *another* divorce is in the works, so Laura visits her father and his pregnant girlfriend -- who's only six years older than she is. Who should she feel loyalty to? And is it any wonder she wants to run away from home?
Written by Susan C. Mitchell {susanm@indirect.com}
If you think your family is messed up, then you better take look at Laura Chartoff's life. Her parents divorced when she was 8, following both of them remarrying. Living with her mother, Laura endures her materialistic step-father Keith, her vain step-sister Corrine, her militarily obsessed step-brother Kurt, and her far too serious/far too smart half brother Sam. Laura's father is no help, currently the middle of a divorce with his wife Barbara and barely seeing his little daughter Jessie due to the fact that his mistress Stephanie is about to have twins. The only relative Laura gets along with is Keith's eldest son Josh, so when her relatives becomes too much for the 13 year old to handle, Laura runs away to his cabin. When the entire clan comes to track her down, she runs again, thinking her step-brother betrayed her. While her family finds common ground in their worry over her, Laura experiences life on her own and realizes her family may not be so bad.
Written by Max Vaughn