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The Impossible

Lo imposible (The Impossible)

2012

J.A. Bayona

Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chaplin ...

6.8

73,756

Drama December 2004. The lives of María (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three small children who are spending their quiet holidays in Thailand turn into a nightmare when a huge tsunami engulfs the grounds of their hotel.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"The most harrowing disaster movie in many a moon, 'The Impossible' marries a tremendous feat of physical filmmaking to an emotional true story of family survival"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'The Impossible' is one of the best films of the year. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"'The Impossible' is one of the most emotionally realistic disaster movies in recent memory -- and certainly one of the most frightening in its epic re-creation of the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A nimbly acted drama that is at once a stellar visual achievement and a life-affirming story of familial love and courage (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Rafer Guzmán Newsday	"The tsunami comes to life more vividly than the characters, though Watts and young Holland, as her son, deliver strong performances"	NEU
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"An intimate tale of the small acts of kindness and connection that can occur when people are most desperate (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"There is a troubling complacency and a lack of compassion in 'The Impossible,' which is less an examination of mass destruction than the tale of a spoiled holiday"	NEG
Spain	FilmAffinity	Total Box Office worldwide: $161 million US dollars (USA: $19 million). Best box office ever for a spanish film (the budget: 30 million Euros is 100% from Spain).	DIS

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