This film gets a RAVE review, not because I particularly liked it, but because I can't bring myself to knock a creditable effort like this, and one that is so interminably serious.
Of course, it's a serious subject: the Christmas 2004 tsunami that struck south-east Asia, killing 200,000 people. The film deals with The Impossible story - a true one - of a family of five who were vacationing by the beach at a resort in Thailand when the tsunami hit.
Revealing why it was "impossible" would mean giving away the end, but in my view you don't need to see it all the way through to realize this film is constructed like a chick flick, with all the heart-rending emotion wound up to 11.
And I wonder what the Spanish family who suffered the tragedy around which the film is based, and the various Spanish companies that funded the movie, think about their roles being played by English actors Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts.
Yes, it was moving. Yes, it was compelling. And yes! the effects were stupendous. But.
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