The Impossible

a spanish renzoku ("human drama") set in english about a devastating natural disaster spanning oceans and continents. while it may be criticized for its microscopic view of far-reaching event, yet, ultimately, that is largely the extent of the pain and helplessness we can really feel: to our person, our family and those in our immediate surroundings, suffering the same fate. watts, mcgregor and the kids shed buckets of blood and tears and pull off some very credible acting. the muddy torrents and sharp debris are painful to watch, and we will never truly understand, nor enumerate, the read more

this film sits between 3.5 and 4 stars. i'm giving it the 4 because naomi watts was just fantastic here. and there is a scene where tom holland helps her climb a tree and it was like watching his audition for spider-man. after seeing that i would of cast him right away. also the film looks amazing and the tsunami is suitably haunting. it's pretty conventional and hollywoodized story wise (i think) but if you like emotional sentimentality that tugs at the heart strings and is done well enough not to feel sappy and overly cheesy then you can't go wrong with this. also, it's better than tsunami:... read more