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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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 -
Institut Valencià de Cinematografia , Apaches Entertainment , Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) , Summit Entertainment , VS Service , Canal+ España , Telecinco Cinema , Mediaset 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
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