My wife and I happened to watch this film separately - we rented the DVD, but couldn't watch it together. The first three quarters is a lovely romantic love story set in against the back drop of a small Thai town near the coast recovering from the effects of the Tsunami. What we both found highly unsatisfactory was the confusing ending. The murder of the lead male character just comes completely out the blue - and what was the phone call he was making just before the attack - at first I thought - Oh No - he's got a wife and he's been unfaithful and is going to break the girls heart - but then maybe it was to his father whom we fleetingly heard he's had a bad relationship with. Next thing you know he's beaten to death and thrown into the local river. I've read the other reviews that try to explain this ending - but I'm sorry, it's a bad ending if I have to go on the internet to try to understand it. Some say its the hostility of the locals, or its the brother (who is a gangster) who can't stand to see his sister happy - but I'm sorry, apart from a few kids on scooters I didn't see much hostility and the gangster brother seemed to give his blessing to the relationship. I suppose the randomness of the Tsunami makes some sense, but there's a big difference between a deliberate murder and a natural disaster. Sorry, good film let down by a very confusing last 10 minutes.
Review of Wonderful Town
