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The Impossible
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Cast
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Karl
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Old Woman
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Jomjaoi Sae-Limh | ... |
Red Cross Nurse
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La-Orng Thongruang | ... |
Old Thai Man
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Tor Klathaley | ... |
Young Thai Man
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Douglas Johansson | ... |
Mr. Benstrom
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A regular family - Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids - travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them? Written by Ronaldo Ferreira
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Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense realistic disaster sequences, including disturbing injury images and brief nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
SpainRelease Date:
4 January 2013 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Impossible See more »Box Office
Budget:
€30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$143,818 (USA) (21 December 2012)Gross:
$18,996,755 (USA) (12 April 2013)Company Credits
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Written by For Fiesta'
Performed by Marc Prades, David Gallart, Luis Segura, Marc Gómez del Moral and Bernat Vilaplana
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Trivia
This movie has been one of the latest produced at the so called "Ciudad de la Luz" studios (City of Light studios), in Spain. At October 2012 this complex announced its immediate closure due to the small number of productions that have taken place in the studios. See more »Goofs
When Lucas is speaking with the Swedish man who is desperately trying to find his son, he grabs a pen and starts writing the boy's name with his left hand but in the next shot he is writing with his right hand. See more »Quotes
Maria: Lucas, look at this place. They're so busy in here. You get to go and do something. Go help people. You're good at it.See more »
Crazy Credits
The title and the rest of the credits do not appear until the end of the film. The only credits that appear at the beginning are the production companies' logos and an explanation of how the Tsunami came about. See more »Soundtracks
"IYLM"Written by For Fiesta'
Performed by Marc Prades, David Gallart, Luis Segura, Marc Gómez del Moral and Bernat Vilaplana
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Amazing effects and stunts, along with and solid performances balance out some artistic lapses and ethical questions in this true story of one family's experiences of the horrendous Tsunami that killed 300,000.
The downsides; there's something a little off-putting about choosing a white, privileged family as a focus, while at the same time showing almost exclusively other white people as suffering and afraid in a disaster that killed far more local people than tourists. The Thai's are certainly shown in a good light, kindly helping all these suffering whites, but even in the hospital, almost every face we see in a bed is a white one. That hint of odd racial insensitivity is also underlined by replacing the original family, who were Spanish and dark, and making them into a gorgeous blond English family, a telling choice in a 'true' story.
On a more general level, the film can feel manipulative, from the tear jerking score, to the multiple carefully framed "will they spot each other?" shots that feel like a horror film's self-conscious suspense fames, but that cinematic technique feels distractingly artificial in this more naturalistic setting.
There's no question it's exciting and at times quite moving, but I couldn't help thinking I might have felt even more deeply if it wasn't pushing so hard to control my emotions.