The screenplay isn't quite as powerful as the direction or the acting, but with such an astonishing real-life story at its center, The Impossible is never less than compelling.
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J. A. Bayona
Director
Naomi Watts
Maria
Ewan McGregor
Henry
Tom Holland
Lucas
Samuel Joslin
Thomas
Oaklee Pendergast
Simon
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Movie Info
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Director -
J. A. Bayona -
Producer -
Belén Atienza , Álvaro Augustin , Ghislain Barrois , Enrique López Lavigne -
Screenwriter -
Sergio G. Sánchez -
Distributor -
Summit Entertainment -
Production Co -
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) , Mediaset España , Institut Valencià de Cinematografia , Telecinco Cinema , VS Service , Apaches Entertainment , Summit Entertainment , Canal+ España -
Rating -
PG-13 (Disturbing Injury Images|Brief Nudity|Intense Realistic Disaster Seq) -
Genre -
Drama , Adventure -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 21, 2012, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 7, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$19.0M -
Runtime -
1h 54m