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The Impossible

The Impossible

7.4/ 10

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2012

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113 min

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Drama
Thriller
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Overview

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

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Keywords

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
separation from family
boxing day
disaster movie
whitewashing
man vs nature

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Reviews(5)

7.4avg rating
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Andres Gomez

@tanty

September 30, 2014

8
8/10

Incredible story with remarkable performances by Naomi Watts and Tom Holland and amazing staging. However, Bayona repeats the same mistakes from other movies like "The Orphanage" when he creates an uneasy situation through some unexplained weird behavior.

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badelf

February 4, 2024

8
8/10

Another amazing story based in truth. I think it's called The Impossible because those sets must have been near impossible.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 9, 2024

7
7/10

After a bit of a bumpy flight to Thailand, a family arrive in Phuket for what ought to have been a dream holiday. Well mother nature had other plans and a earthquake far out at sea generated a series of tsunamis that we now know killed almost a quarter of a million people. That could well have inclu

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Felicity

Felicity

@FelicityBliss

June 9, 2025

8
8/10

Movies like this make me very sad. 😭😭😭 They also frighten me. The acting is superb.

Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

February 13, 2026

6
6/10

64/100 A biographical, survive-against-the-odds film about a family who were at the Orchid Resort in Thailand when the Boxing Day Tsunami hit. This is a great film for its type with fantastic acting, especially a teenage Tom Holland who supplied his role with far more depth than you'd expect. I d

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