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The Impossible is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense realistic disaster sequences, including disturbing injury images and brief nudity.

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D+After 2007's The Orphanage I couldn't wait to see the latest film from Juan Antonio Bayona, but after 20 minutes the emotional air was sucked out of the feature. 20 minutes after that it had devolved into a melodramatic mess that couldn't recover. Read Our Review

SYNOPSIS: From Summit Entertainment. A powerful story based on one family's survival of the 2004 tsunami, The Impossible stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and is directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage).

Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth. As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds toward her.

Based on a true story, The Impossible is the unforgettable account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives. Both epic and intimate, devastating and uplifting, The Impossible is a journey to the core of the human heart.