Overly Melodramatic, Unrealistic but a good drama for the wife

Rating: 5/10 (10 May 2015)

Maybe I am cynical but I could see this movie was made to cash in on the 100 year anniversary of ANZACS fighting in Gallipoli. Focusing in on the fathers plight to find his boys - sort of like Saving Private Ryan but after the war has happened.
Somehow when he arrives in 1920's Turkey he happens upon a boy who can speak English as well as his mother who is pretty and speaks English - so it was no surprise that love would develop between the two characters.
He also happens upon a "friendly" Turkish general who happens to know where his boys fought. Pretty lucky string of events even for a movie.
I found it weird that the main character uses his Water Diviner skills to find the bodies of his boys and this is not really explained??? what is he now able to channel the supernatural???
don't take me to be totally heartless there were touching scenes of the movie such as the bond of the brothers in Gallipoli
I just found that this movie was over melodramatic and the events that happen seem very unrealistic that would fall in place as they did.