The Impossible(2012)- User Reviews

For those of us living in such a soft, easy world, this movie is a kick in the gut. Usually in a suspenseful movie you can see what you would do if in the same situation. You'd get creative. You determine what you've got to work with and go to work problem-solving. Not this movie.

Very minor spoiler alert: You’re by the pool in your bathing suit and WHAM now you’re in water over your head with trees and building parts rushing by. No pocket knife, no 72-hour kit, no nothing. Go ahead, see if you can dodge that car floating toward you with the current so strong you can't possibly fight against it.

I feel so sorry for those who were bored by this movie. I can see how that might happen if you never loved anyone. Or you never have been in a situation of extremely dangerous possibilities. For one who deeply loves his or her family and has been in any kind of dangerous situation, this movie will cause deeply moving emotions to rise to the surface and you will feel extremely grateful that those you love are safe.

Go see this movie if you’d like to be moved. It’s different than Le Miz, of course. But, nonetheless, the story and effects will move you. And if you were bored by it, go find someone to love so much so that you totally forget about yourself. Then go see it again.