The Impossible

OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST LEAD ACTRESS

No washout, this based-on-a-true-story of a vacationing British family (headed by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor) caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami “is technologically a marvel — the tsunami experience is harrowingly believable — but also emotionally rich. I hesitate to use this term, since it is so often equated with hokey, but The Impossible is life-affirming.” (Time)