Shameful...

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2018)

Although the film was well produced I just could not believe that it focused on the lives of a rich white family and although most of the maimed and dead were Thai there was virtually none shown as part of the movie which is a complete disgrace and how it could have been left out I really have not a clue - If I was Thai and had lost people I would have found this film to be very disrespectful and disingenous!
Apart from the fact Ewan McGregor is one of the most over-rated actors and he is a fellow Scot I just cannot stand his poor acting skills and his attempts at various accents , in particular he cannot decided whether he is American or British in this film. Watts and the young boy give exemplary performances however so it does merit a fair few stars but would have been so much better if it had been a fairer representation of what the Thai people have experienced.
One other thing that really gets my goat - if you check out all the real reviews on here you will notice they are around 1-6 stars then as soon as the real reviewers are posting along come the 9 and 10 star reviews in batches of between 5-10 - each profile having done only one review in their lifetime its so obvious the movie producers are paying people to "big up" the films ratings and its very sad that IMDB do not have a policy of monitoring and removing these shills.