Good movie but far too drawn out!

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2013)

The Impossible is no doubt a heart-wrenching true story that tugs on all the right strings BUT the lingering stares and slow motioned pauses tend to make you frustrated. No one needs to watch them gaze back and forth for 30 seconds every ten minutes to understand or feel the emotions they were going through. I had very high hopes for this movie especially because the true life story was something I begged a year ago to become a movie so we could even get a glimpse of the horror that this family survived and because it is the true history that happened and forever changed the world and brought awareness to this very unexpected natural disaster. Don't get me wrong, the acting from the kids especially was SUPERB! And yes, I cried. I just wish they hadn't drawn out the unimportant parts, that's all.