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Naomi Watts | ... | ||
Ewan McGregor | ... | ||
Tom Holland | ... | ||
Samuel Joslin | ... | ||
Oaklee Pendergast | ... | ||
Marta Etura | ... | ||
Sönke Möhring | ... | ||
Geraldine Chaplin | ... | ||
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Ploy Jindachote | ... | |
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Jomjaoi Sae-Limh | ... | |
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Johan Sundberg | ... | |
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Jan Roland Sundberg | ... | |
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La-Orng Thongruang | ... |
Old Thai Man
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Tor Klathaley | ... |
Young Thai Man
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Douglas Johansson | ... |
A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? Written by Ronaldo Ferreira
At first I did not think this movie was something I would like to see. I felt it would be one of those movies that once the disaster happened it would become dis-interesting and would be boring the second half of the movie. I am very happy I had the opportunity to see it. The only reason I did not give it a 10 was I thought the character build up was a little shallow. I would have liked to get know the family a little better before the disaster. Other than that I feel that the movie was fantastic. Once the inevitable happened the film kept my interest and was very compelling throughout. The special effects were realistic and not over done. I wish foreign movies like this would make a bigger release in the United States to show Hollywood how to make a movie especially a true story movie. I felt when I was watching this film that I was seeing it actually happening with no to very little exaggerations. That is where I feel Hollywood falls short and puts allot of drama in a film that really did not occur in the true event. If there were exaggerations in this movie they were seamless and not over done. If you have a chance to see this movie I feel it is "a must see movie" you will not be disappointed.