Direction

Rating: 6/10 (11 May 2014)

The story line was good, but the cinema photography was awful and almost unwatchable at times. Not sure why a director thinks constant close ups makes for a good movie. The close ups become distracting and the constant moving between people's faces make the picture seem shaky. Secondly the close ups take away from the bigger picture of what is happening. The acting seemed realistic and even with the photographic shortfall gave you a good sense of what the catastrophe must have been like. The hospital scenes provided a real depiction of what it must be like in Thailand. The kids did a great job and really conveyed they were a family. Save for the photography this could of been a great movie.