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Thursday, 24 January 2013

THE IMPOSSIBLE [2012]

Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and newcomer Tom Holland deliver some powerful performances in The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona's The Impossible.
Following the story of a family separated during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the film never tugs at the heartstrings for the sake of drama but grounds itself in a reality that is all too frightening and emotionally draining.  A realistic retelling of a story about family, the will to survive, glimmers of hope and life & death that's tastefully done.

4 loose pages from a book out of 5

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