Javier Bardem

The only authentic part of this movie by J.A Bayona (The Orphanage) is the spectacular, utterly realistic recreation of the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in 2006. The special effects are truly extraordinary, but the movie, sadly, is not. All the attention of the filmmakers seems to have gone into…

To quote Anthony Lane: “…the film should be endured for the sake of its leading man”.
Endured is the operative word.

Javier Bardem’s controlled, intelligent, beautiful performance is the only thing of integrity in this overblown, pretentious, tiresome movie…