First half great, second half not

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2013)

The bad last half of this film ruined the great first half and made it an overall loser to me. Great visual effects of a violent tsunami and its catastrophic aftermath gradually turned into a sappy, maudlin, Family Channel-level tear-jerker with tons of group hugs, tears, and scenes manufactured wholly to activate the tear glands and the wallet. Scenes of The Perfect Family(none truly exist)early on so obviously portended horrible things later, as everything coming later was so telegraphed in advance that the outcome was obviously predictable.........the perfect family was all back together and it was going to be so perfect once again! Wow! No. Ugh.
Say goodnight, John Boy!