The Impossible
2012 · Movie · PG-13 · 113 min · ★ 7.4 · 77% critics
A close-knit family’s holiday in Thailand is shattered when a massive tsunami turns a peaceful getaway into a fight for survival. Amid fear, injury, and chaos, acts of courage and kindness offer small moments of hope.
Also known as L'impossible
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-09-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (6,679 votes)
- Box office
- $180,274,123
- Budget
- $45,000,000
About
You’ll likely appreciate this if you like emotional true-story survival dramas such as Thirteen Lives or Deepwater Horizon; Not for you if intense disaster scenes and tearful family anguish feel overwhelming.
Pros: superb performances; powerful emotions; gripping survival story | Cons: heavy misery; narrow family focus; occasionally sentimental
Themes
- human vs nature
- natural disaster
- thailand
- based on true story
- tsunami
- historical fiction
- family vacation
- struggle for survival
- survival horror
- tidal wave
- catastrophe
- swept away
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- Goya Award — Best Director
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2013 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2013 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew
Naomi Watts
as Maria Bennett
Ewan McGregor
as Henry Bennett
Tom Holland
as Lucas Bennett
Samuel Joslin
as Thomas Bennett
Oaklee Pendergast
as Simon Bennett
Marta Etura
as Simone
Sönke Möhring
as Karl Schweber
Geraldine Chaplin
as Old Woman
Ploy Jindachote
as Caregiver
- JS
Jomjaoi Sae-Limh
as Red Cross Nurse
Directed by J. A. Bayona