OKish disaster movie

Rating: 6/10 (20 June 2014)

OKish disaster movie. Better than Hereafter, which dealt with the same event (but then took on deeper subjects and lost its way), but that does not say much.
Interesting in that it shows how people survive the disaster and deal with it. Special effects are particularly good, especially those of the tsunami and of the people in it.
However, is quite padded, especially towards the end. The director just seemed intent on drawing the movie out and it ends up a few scenes too long. And these scenes are overly long...
Performances by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor are fine, though Watts' performance should not have gotten her an Oscar nomination - it wasn't THAT good. The kids' performances are mostly irritating.