Absolutely Breathe taking

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2013)

Originally i had no intention of watching this film, i don't know why but it just didn't really catch me. Then after reading a review in which the reviewer completely slated the film, i decided to watch it and i am exceptionally grateful i did. Since watching the film i have not been able to stop thinking about it. I have no connections to the 2004 Tsunami in any way shape or form, i wasn't there, i don't know anyone personally that was affected by it but that being said, in one scene where Ewan McGregors character phones home and speaks to his father-in-law i sobbed. There are so many emotion filled moments in this movie, moments made all the more poignant by the fantastic acting by the whole cast. I feel i have to mention in particular Tom who plays the eldest son Lucas. This is his first movie... wow his acting is absolutely brilliant, even Ewan and Naomi upped their game where their acting is concerned. There have been so many people commenting concerning the fact that this film is based on a "white family" when so many people from Thailand and Indonesia lost their lives. It seems to me those people just do not get the point of the film, it is not a documentary, it is a film based on the true story of a family who got caught in a terrible disaster. It is not a film made about that disaster it is a film about a family in the middle of that disaster. I easily give this film 10 out of 10 I think my last words should be these, this film successfully shows one families struggle to reunite with each other, but what it is also shows is the kindness of strangers, that in the end when something so devastating happens we come together for the sake of survival.