The Impossible

The Impossible (2012) starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland. A family, consisting of husband Henry (McGregor), wife Maria (Watts) and their three young sons, is vacationing at a resort in Thailand in 2004 when the tsunami strikes. This movie tells the story of how they survived and were (eventually) reunited. The focus of the first part of the film is on Maria and her oldest son Lucas (Holland), who get swept away but somehow hold on to each other. But they are separated from the rest of the family, and the bulk of the movie consists of the different parts of the family searching for each other in Thailand, a land where they don't know the language. I found this film to be pretty much a standard disaster movie, well executed but with not much original to distinguish it. Still, it made for a tolerable evening's entertainment. (Subtitles in English are available on the disc, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B+