Soderbergh's masterstroke in making the film an out-and-out comedy is also his undoing

After two more hours of skyscrapers collapsing, tidal waves consuming cities and the ground generally being torn asunder, the slightest sniff of one trick pony-ism does start to permeate

I'd try to explain the plot a little more, but I'm not really sure I understand it that well myself.

I spent half an hour of the movie listening to other people cry while trying not to tear up myself