Naomi Watts

Ewan McGregor

Tom Holland

Samuel Joslin

Oaklee Pendergast

Marta Etura

Sönke Möhring

Geraldine Chaplin

Ploy Jindachote

Jomjaoi Sae-Limh

Johan Sundberg

Jan Roland Sundberg

La-Orng Thongruang

Tor Klathaley

Douglas Johansson

Emilio Riccardi

Vorarat Jutakeo

Karun Konsaman

Nicola Harrison

John Albasiny

Gitte Witt

Bruce Blain

Celicia Arnold

Peter Tuinstra

Esther Davis

Dominic Power

Sarinrat Thomas

Oak Keerati

Wipawee Charoenpura

Laura Power

Kowit Wattanakul

Zoe Popham

Danai Thiengdham

Ronnie Eide

Bonnie Zellerbach

Ulf Pilblad

Frank Gun

Giovanni Agresti

Georgina L. Baert

David Bruce

Natalie Lorence

Sverre Golten

Clare Louise Plunkett

Raphaël Dewaerseghers

Pisamai Pakdeevijit

Aratchaporn Sataed

Jakapong Srichaem

Simon Blyberg

Christopher Alan Byrd

Namfon Pakdee

Georgia Winters

Dina Kiseleva

Tan D. Demir

Krittanai Youngtrakull

Takashi Hasegawa

Kristen Mandel

Sam Holland

Harry Holland

Mara García García

Óscar Faura

Fernando Velázquez

J. A. Bayona

Sergio G. Sánchez

Maria Reyes

Álvaro Augustin

Anna Bingemann

Belén Atienza

Shaheen Baig

Sparka Lee Hall

Ghislain Barrois

Sarah Love

Nicolas Becker

Hilary Haines

Howard Meltzer

Mark DeSimone

Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat

Marta Roggero

Nicolas Fioraso

Jaime Anduiza

Itziar Arrieta

Giorgio Gregorini

Rick Findlater

Laura Díez Mora

Marc Orts

Yolanda Serrano

David Martí

Eva Leira

Dídac Bono

Chiara Ugolini

Jorge García Bastidas

Peter Glossop

Marina Pozanco

Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano

Cyril Holtz

Eugenio Caballero

Oriol Tarragó

Montse Ribé

Sandra Hermida

Bernat Vilaplana

Enrique López Lavigne

Javier Ugarte

Alessandro Bertolazzi

María Belón

Pilar Revuelta

Elena Ruiz

Stephen McLaughlin

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ภาษาไทย

human vs nature

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tsunami

historical fiction

family vacation

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survival horror

tidal wave

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swept away

separation from family

boxing day

disaster movie

man vs nature

Andres Gomez

Incredible story with remarkable performances by Naomi Watts and Tom Holland and amazing staging.

However, Bayona repeats the same mistakes from other movies like "The Orphanage" when he creates an uneasy situation through some unexplained weird behavior.

Another amazing story based in truth. I think it's called The Impossible because those sets must have been near impossible.

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After a bit of a bumpy flight to Thailand, a family arrive in Phuket for what ought to have been a dream holiday. Well mother nature had other plans and a earthquake far out at sea generated a series of tsunamis that we now know killed almost a quarter of a million people. That could well have included "Henry" (Ewan McGregor), "Maria" (Naomi Watts) and their children "Lucas" (Tom Holland), "Simon" (Oaklee Pendergast) and "Thomas" (Samuel Joslin) but despite being out in the first wave of the encroaching water, they somehow manage to cling onto anything that will float, to the sturdy trunks of the trees and though separated do survive. That's just the start of their troubles, though - "Maria" is severely injured and with their elder and quite smart son "Lukas". The others - so we are fortunately spared much of the mediocre McGregor - are elsewhere with all looking to repatriate amidst the chaos of debris and mayhem left by the now retreated seawater. The thrust of the drama features mother and son, with quite decent and convincing efforts from both as they must make it to some semblance of safety and then try to get much needed medical help. It's based on the real event, and the photography quite potently illustrates just how devastating the waves were on these low lying islands that were designed for pleasure and tranquility - there were no sea defences and the structures ill-prepared for the sheer power of the swell. There's a spirit to the narrative too - the locals and the tourists all mucking together to help in a veritable hotchpotch of languages and priorities. The pacing is frenetic at times, lingering at others and that also helps give us a sense of the perils faced by all trying to come to terms with the destruction and this is a surprisingly better watch than I was expecting.

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A review by Andres Gomez

Written by Andres Gomez on Tue Sep 30 2014

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