【电影简介】

玛丽亚（娜奥米·沃茨饰）和亨利（伊万·麦克格雷格饰）带着三个儿子，一同前往泰国共渡圣诞佳节，不料就在圣诞节隔天，当这幸福的一家人在泳池旁享受着悠闲时光时，一股猛兽般的万呎滔天巨浪竟迎面袭来。被眼前景象震慑住的玛莉雅，一时反应不及，不幸惨遭巨浪袭卷；而尽管亨利及时抓住两个儿子准备逃亡，一切仍旧太迟，凶猛的大水最后仍冲散了他们。

一度被巨浪击昏的玛莉雅，醒来后发现自己正漂浮在海面，而原本围绕在身旁的所有景物，都已被淹没于水面下，她深信家人们皆已罹难的同时，竟发现自己的大儿子卢卡斯（汤姆·赫兰德饰），竟然就漂浮在距离她仅有几公尺远的海面上。玛丽雅顿时犹如被打了一剂强心针，她决定想尽办法，要带着大儿子卢卡斯一起活着离开。

【音频文本】

Among all the films that currently occupy the big screens in Chinese cinemas, disaster drama "The Impossible" is not the most popular. If you're looking for amusement we have "Monsters University" and new arrival"Smurfs 2", for excitement and fantasy there's "Jurassic Park" and "Elysium", even literary snobs can findsome satisfaction in "The Great Gatsby". In comparison, "The Impossible" may look a wee bit plain but it is certainly outstanding in its own way.

Two terms describe the essence of the film: true story and disbelief. It is based on the true story of a vacationer family that survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. While enjoying themselves on a seaside resort in Thailand, the family of five was separated when the huge waves arrived and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The mother was seriously injured, but continued to hold on to her eldest son. Thanks to goodfortune and the kind hearts of the locals, they were rescued and moved to a hospital for treatment. The two younger boys, one seven-and-a-half years old and another five years old, miraculously survived the wavesand were reunited with their father. However, the two groups had no idea if the rest of their family was alive, or where to find them. Having endured much despair and hardship, they finally reunited at the hospital by chance. The story is based on real events and the director has captured the harsh circumstances incredibly vividly.

Of course, the director should be grateful to the actors and actresses, whose top-class performances infused real emotions into their characters. Due to some weaknesses in the plot, Ewan McGregor was perhaps the least impressive as the father. But he still pulled off a tear-jerking scene when his character called home after the catastrophe. 17-year-old Tom Holland makes an impressive big-screen debut, presenting the exposed and hidden emotions of a young "grown-up" in this situation almost perfectly. Naomi Watts effectively projected her pain and suffering to the audience, as she struggles with a broken leg over the tsunami-stricken wasteland, the audience might feel their own legs twitching and their teeth clenching. For her excellent performance, Naomi was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.

"The Impossible" is a truly excellent disaster film. It successfully captured the horrors of a calamity, as well as the positive sides of humanity. Where it falls short in screenplay, it makes up for in authenticity and genuine emotions. On a scale from to ten, "The Impossible" deserves an eight.

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