
Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
December 21, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Juan Antonio BayonaStarring :
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Holland, Marta Etura, Dominic Power
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“..with a mixture of practical and digital trickery, we experience the unthinkable in "The Impossible" firsthand..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]

“..when it's over, you will feel enlightened, drained and grateful just to walk away..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
“..visually stunning but manipulative in the extreme..”
by Jeannette Catsoulis [NPR]

“..so much artistic vision, combined with moral and emotional shortsightedness..”
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies]
“..plunges the audience into the catastrophe and then immerses us in the panic, grief and disorientation of the aftermath..”
by A.O. Scott [New York Times]

“..martials a team of effects artists (miniatures and CGI), stunt performers, and, most important, three amazing actors for a tale of epic disaster and heroic survival..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]

“..leaves you with the nagging feeling that it could have been better..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
“..full of great special effects..”
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine]

“..fine performances, chilling effects and director Juan Antonio Bayona's subtle sense of drama..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]
Review rate : B
“..finds itself evenly torn between human-scale drama and movie-suited Drama..”
“..finds itself evenly torn between human-scale drama and movie-suited Drama..”
by William Goss [Film.com]

“..at another holiday season, this film becomes a powerful story of a family's cohesive strength..”
by Roger Ebert [Chicago Sun-Times]





