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By Nour Habib (23) for Tulsa World (603) on 02 Mar 2013

The true stand-out performance comes from 16-year-old Holland, whose cinematic debut is nothing short of extraordinary…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 21 Feb 2013

The aim appears to be audience immersion, as if The Impossible really wants to almost drown you along with its stars - albeit in your own tears…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 15 Feb 2013

There's nothing much to this fact-based film, storywise...It's in the sheer resilience of the characters that the film finds its drive…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 04 Feb 2013

Perhaps the biggest problem is its labelling as a 'Disaster Movie', as this is in fact intended as a study of the power - and the stubbornness…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 03 Feb 2013

If you're familiar with the true story on which 'The Impossible' is based, you'll know a little about the finale…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for KC Active (97) on 02 Feb 2013

Unlike a lot of movies that have the based on a true story tagline, 'The Impossible' doesn't have to do much to remind us that its harrowing…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 02 Feb 2013

Director Juan Antonio Bayona spins the focus in on a single family caught up in the disaster, personalising the horror and bringing it home…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 24 Jan 2013

The Impossible reminds that no matter the odds, human kind has the potential to rise above adversity no matter how great, for the human spirit…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 24 Jan 2013

An earnest, extremely grueling, prodigiously crafted true-life drama that takes one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history and…

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By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 22 Jan 2013

South East Asian tsunami survival saga is a test of endurance…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 18 Jan 2013

The tsunami sequence is amazing, right up there with the one Clint Eastwood staged in Hereafter…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 17 Jan 2013

The most challenging aspect of disaster movies to make the disaster believable…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 16 Jan 2013

[B]rings a new heart to the disaster film, focusing not on the large scale of physical destruction but on the small scale of fragile, traumatized…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 15 Jan 2013

Bayona has the uncanny ability to put viewers in the moment, allowing them to vividly experience the family's struggles…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jan 2013

A more accurate name for this New Age disaster movie might be 'The Lucky' or 'The Coincidental.' If we accept the Brits' survival as something…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 14 Jan 2013

a story of resiliency and humanity that is somewhat overwrought but emotionally exhausting and ultimately powerful…

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By Nick Nunziata (53) for CHUD (345) on 12 Jan 2013

The tsunami is easily more effective than anything to come out of a Roland Emmerich disaster sequence…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 11 Jan 2013

The Impossible has enough going for it to earn a mild recommendation, but it's unfortunate that it ends up self-destructing as rapidly as one…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 11 Jan 2013

The massive numbers of people in an overflowing hospital with overwhelmed staff is nearly as gut wrenching as the disaster that created this…

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By Rob Humanick (476) for Projection Booth (270) on 10 Jan 2013

What reeks most about The Impossible is that it mistakes adventurous titillation for humanitarian mourning…

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