The Impossible Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Aug. 29, 2016

The Impossible

Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2012 Nationwide

Juan Antonio Bayona, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Hollander, Geraldine Chaplin, Sergio G. Sanchez, Marta Etura

PG-13 Action N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand, looking forward to a few days in tropical paradise. But on the morning of December 26th, as the family relaxes around the pool after their Christmas festivities the night before, a terrifying roar rises up from the center of the earth. As Maria freezes in fear, a huge wall of black water races across the hotel grounds toward her.

Cited as official plot version from summit-ent.com

Action Drama True Story

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Impossible.

Naomi Watts
... Maria

The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Sunlight Jr.
Ewan McGregor
... Henry

Flowervale Street, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Geraldine Chaplin
A Monster Calls, The Wolfman
M
Marta Etura
T
Tom Hollander
... Lucas

About Time, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Crew Behind the Film

The The Impossible behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Juan Antonio Bayona last directed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and A Monster Calls.

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Screenwriters: Juan Antonio Bayona
Sergio G. Sanchez

Studios: Summit Entertainment
Production Company: Apache Entertainment

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for intense realistic disaster sequences, including disturbing injury images and brief nudity
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official The Impossible movie trailers and clips.

Action

The Impossible Video Clip: True Story

Action

The Impossible Theatrical Trailer

Action

The Impossible Video Clip: Scared Too

Action

The Impossible Trailer (Spanish)

Action

The Impossible Teaser (Spanish)

Production Details

What we know about the The Impossible movie production.

Key Facts

A powerful story based on one family's survival of the 2004 tsunami.

Production Updates

Feb 2012

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Jan 2011

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

May 2010

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Impossible was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, December 21, 2012. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including THIS IS 40, Jack Reacher and Barbara.

Movie Theaters

2012-12-21 Nationwide

United States

Estimated

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