The Impossible
It is a true story about a family experiencing the tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004. A disaster that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. This family was lost and stuck with thousands of strangers. The film praises utopian energies of man, the love of family and the difficult times ...
31 July 1944, Santa Monica, California, USA
20 June 1983, Oslo, Norway
February 20, 2014
What's meant to be a triumphant true story about succeeding under impossible odds ends up feeling more like a Lifetime TV movie.
July 13, 2013
Their story may not be typical, but the family represents the resilience, compassion, and optimism of the whole human race.
June 30, 2013
An emotionally-captivating and well-filmed true tale.
April 14, 2016
Director Juan Antonio Bayona conducts this symphony with a steady hand and a wonderful visual eye.
January 04, 2013
Unlike some films that have become critics' darlings, 'The Impossible' has no pretensions. It isn't edgy and I don't think it has a hidden subtext.
May 10, 2016
The virtuoso film-making of the wave sequence will beckon you to look, and still, you may also flinch.
January 04, 2013
Naomi Watts gives one of her finest, most physically commanding turns.
January 18, 2013
The tsunami sequence is amazing, right up there with the one Clint Eastwood staged in Hereafter.
April 07, 2015
We've seen video accounts of this horrific tsunami, but little prepares viewers for its realistic re-enactment in The Impossible. And little prepares the film's principals for the terror that ensues.
January 17, 2013
This is an unforgettable tribute to the determination of a very special family.
January 04, 2013
Although it's ostensibly based on true events, The Impossible is not so much an inspiring tale of survival as it is an action flick.
January 28, 2013
Alas, the movie tells a rather commonplace story.
