tortuously beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2013)

Amazing film about the horrific tsunami that struck the countries in the Indian Ocean region and killed hundreds of thousands. The movie becomes tortuously suspenseful in the middle and towards the end when the husband searches doggedly for his wife and oldest son and the wife fights for her life after being severely injured.
The acting is impeccable (especially from Naomi Watts) but even more astounding is the cinematography and scenes of Watts and the oldest son Lucas fighting against the vicious flow of the killer wave. The scenes of their bodies being battered and pummeled by debris underwater...almost more than I could stand.