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to the challenge. McGregor, meanwhile, gives one of his best performances as the sad and desperate Henry, trying to play the hero, the provider, while knowing his cause is almost certainly lost." About the film, he added: "Part of the appeal of this affecting and powerful drama is that it puts the viewer right in the moment at every stage, using authentic locations and tsunami survivors to hammer home the reality of this tragedy."
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gave the film four stars out of five. He also praised the performances, stating that "as Maria, Watts is both brave and vulnerable, and her scenes with the young Lucas (the excellent Tom Holland) are among the film's best, with adult and child now unexpected equals, the mother humbled, the son rising
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Meanwhile, Henry and the two younger boys have also survived and are together. Henry leaves Simon and Thomas with another family who are then taken to the mountains for safety by local relief crews. Henry stays behind to search for Maria and Lucas in the rubble. While out looking, injured and alone,
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The tsunami was recreated with a mixture of digital effects and real water surges filmed in slow motion created in a water tank in Spain using miniatures that were destroyed by a huge wave. Bayona committed to working with real water rather than a computer-generated wave because he wanted the story
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A vehicle carrying Simon and Thomas also stops outside the hospital, and the boys get off so Simon can urinate. From a distance, Lucas recognizes his father, and while searching for him in the chaotic crowd outside, Lucas's brothers spot him and they reunite. Henry finds the three of them together.
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Communication facilities are scarce, but a German tourist named Karl, who has also been separated from his family, lends Henry his cell phone to contact his relatives. Henry promises Maria's father he will look everywhere for his family and that he will find them. Karl volunteers to accompany Henry
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the film was released on 11 October 2012, and opened in 638 cinemas, grossing $ 11,569,306 on its opening weekend, ranking number one with a per-cinema average of $ 18,134, the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film in Spain. On its second weekend the film remained at number one and grossed $
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While Maria is in surgery, her medical chart is mixed up with a patient named Muriel Barnes, who has died. Lucas returns to find his mother's bed empty and is then taken to a tent where children without families are kept safe. The mistake is discovered when Lucas cannot identify any of the dead
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gave a very positive review, praising the performances of the two leading stars, stating that "Watts packs a huge charge of emotion as the battered, ever-weakening Maria whose tears of pain and fear never appear fake or idealised. McGregor, cut and streaked with excessive blood he seems too
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to be authentic. This meant Watts and Holland spent five weeks filming physically and psychologically demanding scenes in a massive water tank. Holland, aged 14 at the time of filming, later described it as a "scary environment... You can imagine how tiring and brutal that was."
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Maria and Lucas eventually emerge from the swirling water and find each other, with Maria having sustained serious injuries to her leg and chest. They help a toddler, Daniel, from the debris and are soon found by locals who dress and transfer them to a hospital in the city of
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9,016,065 with a per-cinema average of $ 14,022. It spent a third weekend at number one with $ 5,768,184 and a per-cinema average of $ 9,098. The film ended up grossing $ 54,536,668 at the Spanish box office to become the
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who waded through the settled water after the first wave had struck to help individuals and families
 The Thai people had just lost everything – homes, businesses, families – yet their instinct was to help the tourists."
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Henry and Karl search for their families in various places before they arrive at the hospital, where Henry is given five minutes to look. Karl gives him a piece of paper with the names of his family members.
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is one of the most emotionally realistic disaster movies in recent memory – and certainly one of the most frightening in its epic re-creation of the catastrophic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami."
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Director Juan Antonio Bayona decided not to specify the nationalities of the main characters in order to create a universal film in which nationalities were irrelevant to the plot.
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gave a perfect four-star rating, praising the performances of Watts and McGregor, and the direction of Bayona. He called it "one of the best films of the year".
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gave the film a "B−" grade and stated that the film "suffers from the greater problem of emphasising a feel-good plot within the context of mass destruction."
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of how she came to be injured and how she surfaced the water. While she is in surgery, Lucas tells Henry he has something really important to tell Maria.
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magazine gave a positive review, praising Bayona's directing and SĂĄnchez's writing: "Collaborating again after their impressive 2007 debut feature,
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distraught to wash away, keeps the tension razor-sharp as he pursues his family in a vast, shattered landscape." About the film she added, "
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The film was released on DVD/Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on Tuesday, 19 March 2013, with a European release 13 May 2013.
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The film received positive reviews from critics for its direction and its acting, especially for Watts who was nominated for the
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as Karl Schweber, a German man trying to find his wife and daughter; he joins Henry to search for both of their families
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In December 2004, Doctor Maria Bennett, her husband Henry, and their three sons Lucas, Simon, and Thomas go on a
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woman's jewelry and he is subsequently reunited with his mother, who had been moved to a private room in the
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released the film in Spain on 11 October 2012. The United States distribution rights were pre-bought by
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to look for Maria and Lucas as well as his own family, who were at the beach when the tsunami hit.
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so Maria may receive further medical treatment. A representative from their insurance company,
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and $ 198,087,212 worldwide, compared with its estimated $ 45 million production budget.
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he is picked up by a passer-by and driven to a nearby bus station with other survivors.
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Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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He learns that Maria is in the hospital, ready to undergo more surgery for her leg.
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lying in ruins, seven days after the tsunami that struck South East Asia
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began 23 August 2010 in Alicante and continued in October in Thailand.
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The following day, the family boards an ambulance airplane to
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
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As the anesthesia puts her to sleep, Maria experiences
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Bennett, a doctor and the mother of the Bennett family
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Two adults and two children in a group hug
J. A. Bayona
Sergio G. SĂĄnchez
Enrique LĂłpez Lavigne
Naomi Watts
Ewan McGregor
Tom Holland
Óscar Faura
Bernat Vilaplana
Fernando VelĂĄzquez
Telecinco Cinema
Warner Bros. Entertainment España
TIFF
biographical
disaster
drama film
J. A. Bayona
Sergio G. SĂĄnchez
MarĂ­a BelĂłn
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Naomi Watts
Ewan McGregor
Tom Holland
Academy Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Christmas
Khao Lak
Thailand
Indian Ocean tsunami

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