Marvel and its blockbusters attract audiences from all over the world and one of the most successful and endearing is Spiderman, its success is partly due to the friendly Tom Hollandwho portrays a young Peter Parker.
The 26-year-old English actor projects charisma in all his projects and the film The impossible, from 2012, is no exception. In her first jump to the big screen, she stands out among talented names like naomi watts Y Ewan McGregor for his emotional performance as a teenager, who along with his family, were on vacation in Thailand in 2004 when a terrible tsunami destroyed much of the country. Holland plays Lucas, the eldest of the three children of Maria (Watts) and Henry (McGregor), who after the gigantic wave hits and took everything in its path, is left alone with his mother, who is terribly injured. . Meanwhile Henry and his other two sons, Thomas and Simon, search tirelessly for them, but then they separate.
The film is based on the family of Maria Belon, a Spanish doctor who was on vacation to enjoy this paradisiacal place. Y John Anthony Bayonnethe Spanish director in charge of The orphanage, adapt this touching and incredible story. The impossible narrates in an impressive way, with moving performances and heartbreaking scenes the journey of this family of five after the tsunami, it focuses on how to survive, on the sadness, on the fear of losing everything and on the terror of being so far away from home and loved ones.
Watts is the most affected of the family since she suffers two serious injuries to her chest and leg while being dragged by the water, but with the help of Lucas she will get ahead and together they will accompany each other. Luckily several of the locals find them, decide to help them and transfer her to a hospital. In this section of the story, Lucas will have to grow up suddenly since he will have to take care of his mother, while he waits in the hospital he will try to somehow help others who are in the same situation. Henry, meanwhile, is still looking for the rest of his family in the hotel, or what’s left of him, but faced with the threat of another tsunami, they will have to leave. He then decides to separate from his children, who will go to a safe area, to look for Maria and Lucas.
The protagonists shine and stand out for their performances since they are the ones who carry out the film, although the tragedy is an indisputable part, the human factor is the most important. The exciting thing about the film is seeing how people help each other in the face of adversity, how collective trauma helps them get ahead and shows us the great capacity for good that human beings have, which leaves us with a very hopeful message.
Holland cuts across the screen as a brave kid, overcoming fear, even in the worst of situations. Bayona manages to portray the love and survival instinct that lives in each one of them, the will and persistence in the search for loved ones, all wrapped in a gloomy, but at the same time promising environment. In addition, the scenes and sequences in the water are captivating and make you feel the helplessness of not being able to do anything but let yourself go.
The impossible was approved by critics, with the highlights being the performances, mainly by Holland. And, in terms of commercial success, it became the highest grossing of that year in Spain. Also, naomi watts She was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best actress. The film is available for Argentina, Spain and Mexico in Netflix.
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