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Genre : Drama
Release Date : December 21, 2012
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration : 107 minute(s)
Production Budget : -
Studio : Summit Entertainment
Official Site : http://www.theimpossible-movie.com/
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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 ]
finds itself evenly torn between human-scale drama and movie-suited Drama
Review rate : B
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 ]