Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville

Inspired by true accounts of the killer tsunami that devastated coastal communities across Southeast Asia, this tale of loss, survival and hope follows a group of fictional characters whose lives are ...( read more  read more... )irrevocably changed by the traumatic natural disaster of December 2004. Academy Award nominees Toni Collette, Tim Roth and Sophie Okonedo join Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hugh Bonneville and Gina McKee as part of the all-star ensemble cast.

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Directed by: Bharat Nalluri

Release Date: December 10, 2006

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007

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  • October 23, 2007
    I found this fictional movie somewhat anticlimatic after watching footage of the real thing.
  • December 19, 2007
    Very interesting! Touching!
  • September 5, 2007
    A number of family tragedies encountered by Thailand natives and tourists as the '04 tsunami disaster set into the coastal shores of the Indian Ocean. Ejiofor, Roth, Collette and Bonneville give great performances to gain credibility to the touching family, journalist, and diplo...( read more)matic drama within. The original flooding video shot by a real-life tourist ('04) is seamlessly spliced into the wave scene. Although its an HBO film, it's better than a Hollywood production.
  • January 16, 2009
    it's been a while since i last time saw movie with Tim Roth, and now this ain't something.

    Tsunami day after, well mostly some sad storys ppl losing theirs family members etc... and like always richs asshole stealing land from dead locals ...... it could be better movie.

    it's t...( read more)oo long and slow, 3 hourse that little too much, i know it's two parts, but this all could be one movie in 2hourse and would be way better then it is
  • November 3, 2008
    Ian (Chiwetel Ejiofor) & Susie Carter (Sophie Okonedo) are a young couple searching for their six-year old daughter Martha (Jazmyn Maraso) was swept away by the tsunami. Kim Peabody (Gina McKee) & her son Adam are looking for James (Owen Teale) & John (Morgan David Jones. Thai w...( read more)aiter Than (Samrit Machielsen) cope with the loss of his family & village during Tsunami.
  • August 2, 2008
    amazing acting all around but Sophie Okonedo was particularly great. Heart wrenching and inspiring this movie was fantastic.
  • June 27, 2008
    not as powerful as the real thing
  • June 8, 2008
    Inspired by true accounts, this HBO miniseries focuses on a group of fictional characters caught up in the harrowing aftermath of the tsunami that devastated the coast of Thailand two years ago.

    Well-written, well-directed and well-acted ...
  • June 8, 2008
    I've always thought that HBO makes some great movies, usually with very original storylines that are sometimes based on real facts and strong characters, very expressive and good skilled.

    Well Tsunami:The Aftermath is nothing far from it. It shows us pretty intensely, the eff...( read more)ects of a tsunami and it's consequences in a 3rd world country but wheretourism is highly looked upon. It also debates many other aspects, like the probability of this tsunami to have been made artificially, for the interest of rebuidling in short for development and money, and we all know that this sort of technology exists. A short example: "But why are the palm trees still standing" a biting question of Nick Fraser (Tim Roth) a journalist asking Ellen (Kate Askfield) a representative of a major Hotel company, looking to rebuild after the aftermath. Another aspect of this is the drama and the suffering of different individuals and their pain and nastyness of paperwork and the allpresent birocracy. But there's always hope and help wothin the human soul (so i've heard), and we can see that thru the whole movie.

    A very good movie, I much enjoyed with my family, maybe a bit too long for my taste but unique nonetheless. 9/10. I recommend it. Do what you will:))lol1

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  • Donegal
    April 15, 2007
    Wow. Just, wow. I cried more than once. It is so disheartening to realize that governments and greedy corporations can be so stupid. But at the same time, this film also shows a better side of human nature in the volunteers, and also in just ordinary people helping others.

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