An amazing TRUE story

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2013)

Sometimes a film you can't wait too see can dispaoint you, and other times a film you think probably shouldn't off been made, can impress you. Fortunately "The Impossible" is the later. Perhaps its too early too be making movies about the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami. But "The Impossible" focuses on an amazing thing that happened during that horrible time. Its telling a happy story that happened during all the tragedy. Off how an entire family actually survived, and had to find each other amongst the rubble.
I feel a bit overly generous giving "The Impossible" such a high rating, but I have to admit to it breaking me in a way that rarely happens. If your into your tearful movies you'll love it, if not, you probably shouldn't be reading this. As you'll have no interest in the movie at all. I'm not usually up for these sorts off things, but cant deny that I had a tear in my eye way more than once throughout. Maybe that's because its a true story, and its about a family. Not some soppy "twilight" style romance.
"The Impossible" doesn't exploit what happened only 8 years ago. It merely shows us something that happened during that time. There are no sickening, disrespectful CGI shots off giant waves (That would off been awful!) We See off the disaster what the leading characters saw, and they are played brilliantly here by Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts, as well as some great child actors (Again, something I'm not usually impressed by).