One of the Best Films I've Seen---But Prepare Yourself Emotionally!

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2013)

It isn't often a movie makes an impact on me like this one. I normally wouldn't watch a movie like this--at first glance, it isn't what you think.
This movie touches one on so many levels--and at its heart is what is most important: Relationships. Love. Family.
Just be prepared for the intense emotions this film will bring out of you. I absolutely wept through most of the movie.
Here's a great line (among many from critics reviews): A sensory overload of emotion and spectacle, The Impossible is a disaster movie much, much better than the usual overblown fare pumped out by Hollywood.
It's like you are THERE, experiencing this horrific disaster with them-- especially as the mother and son are swept along, trying desperately to get to one another.
The 10 minute scene of the tsunami alone took a year to shoot.
It's powerful, gut-wrenching, emotional, incredibly touching, and oftentimes raw. Very realistic--and as a parent, wow--you just have to see it for yourself. This movie affected me deeply, perhaps more deeply then any other movie has. The acting was suburb--truly incredible film!