Monday, December 24, 2012   The Impossible 105 minutes rated
PG-13  by Scott Mendelson   The plot is painfully simple.  A
family of five, consisting of Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, and
their three sons (Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, and Oaklee
Pendergast), are vacationing at a touristy hotel in Thailand
when they are among the countless who are slammed by a massive
tidal wave without warning.  Maria (Watts) and the oldest song
Lucas (Holland) are separated from the rest of the brood, and
Maria finds herself suffering from potentially fatal injuries.
Henry wakes up and is quickly reunited with his younger sons
and, with all of his party relatively uninjured, he sets off to
find his missing wife and son.  That's pretty much the movie.
Maria quickly finds herself in a massively overcrowded hospital,
Lucas finds himself in the role of basically being the parent to
his possibly-dying mom, and Henry basically has to choose
between protecting his children and finding his wife.  The storm
itself is worth the price of ad