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Dec 19, 2012 · The victims in Eastwood’s film beheld it afar on home video. In director Juan Antonio Bayona’s “The Impossible,” they seem lost in it, engulfed by it, damned by it. As “The Impossible” begins, all is quiet at a peaceful resort beach in Thailand. Seconds later, victims are swept up like matchsticks.
3 days ago · The tsunami and its aftermath are shatteringly real, and the recreation is staggering. It’s about as bad as a movie experience can get: the centrepiece of the story is the family’s anxiety as they get torn apart, but strength of family ties in a desperate and desolate situation helps them survive. The Impossible makes us uncomfortable. We ...
Dec 20, 2012 · Movie review: ‘The Impossible’ has the right touch with real horror. So terrifying is the 2004 tsunami as imagined in “The Impossible,” its destructive force engulfing the screen with such...
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 20, 2022. Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies. It tells an intensely affecting story and allows our senses to take it all in and react in our own way...
A heart-wrenching tribute to victims of natural disasters that is one of despair, suffering, and hope. And it wouldn’t be so damning if it weren’t based off a true story surrounding the tragedy that killed more than 230,000 people.
- Bonnie Zellerbach
- J.A. Bayona
Dec 20, 2012 · The Impossible, a feature film based on the true account of a Spanish family’s experiences during Indonesia’s devastating 2004 tsunami, opens in darkness, with a dull roar. A calm blue ocean...
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In The Impossible, director Juan Antonio Bayona spins the focus in on a single family caught up in the disaster, personalising the horror and bringing it home in unashamedly melodramatic fashion on its very own tidal wave of emotion.
