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what do you mean tom was 16 in this movie I THOUGHT HE WAS 9

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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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One of my favourite scenes from this movie in the conversation between Thomas and this lady about dead stars. I love how they wrote it as a symbolism of human life. That although those stars may be dead or dying, they once were so bright that they lit up the entire solar system; just as a very important person in your life may have lit up your world when they were alive. Then he asked “how do you know which ones are dead?” And she said “it’s impossible. It’s a beautiful mystery isn’t it?”. I took that to mean that because of the situation they are in, they are unaware and unable to know for sure if their love ones…

Review by elliebean ★★★ Liked

tom holland we get it you are SO talented but you don't need to flex on us like this

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One star for the acting, one star for an amazing sequence.

The rest?

Disgusting, manipulative disaster porn.

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I should probably learn how to swim.... cause if this happened to me...... gone..

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tom holland set the bar for how to be a good kid actor n not super annoying at the same time, respect!!!

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not sure why this was called the impossible when this was in fact possible, as it actually did happen

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this is the best coke ad i've ever seen

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ewan mcgregor:
me: 😱😍💔💖💘💓🥰❤️💗💞😘✨❤️‍🔥💓💘❤️

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How does one even begin to capture the nightmare that was the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami in a single movie? Is it fair to the memory of all those who died to even try? Is it the responsibility of the filmmakers to do justice to the magnitude of the event, or is it enough to just tell a good story? These are the questions that I asked myself while watching Juan Antonio Bayona's The Impossible. As a film, it is as good as it could possibly be, and I mean that with all sincerity. It is technically marvelous, well-paced, thrilling, and emotionally powerful. The acting is all first-rate, with Naomi Watts and newcomer Tom Holland being particularly noteworthy. But in…