Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura |
| Director |
Juan Antonio Bayona |
| Screenplay | Sergio G. Sánchez, Maria Belón |
| Music | Fernando Velázquez |
| Cinematography | Óscar Faura |
| Editing | Elena Ruiz, Bernat Vilaplana |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Apaches Entertainment, Telecinco Cinema, Mediaset España, Canal+ España, Generalitat Valenciana, IVAC, ICAA, La Trini |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | Brief, non-sexual, exposed breasts |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate to strong, realistic, bloody wounds (intense) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Munya Vomo  It's the young cast who really make waves. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Spaanse regiseur why hóé. | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Deborah Young Emotional tsunami | 20 | |
| iAfrica.com Christy Lemire The Impossible is about as subtle as a wall of water. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers The film is a remarkable visual achievement, made more affecting by the depth the actors bring to their characters. The go-for-broke intensity and emotional layering Watts brings to her role is an acting triumph. And McGregor matches her in a performance of ferocity and feeling. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs From the harrowing special effects to the strong performances, The Impossible does the seemingly impossible in making a heartwarming story come out of an awful tragedy. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 42 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 171 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The screenplay isn't quite as powerful as the direction or the acting, but with such an astonishing real-life story at its center, The Impossible is never less than compelling. | 16 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 50 critics | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 47163 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 74% | 15 | |