• Director(s)

    J. A. Bayona

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chaplin, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura, Sonke Mohring

Film

The Impossible

Contains natural disaster scenes, moderate injury detail and brief nudity

threat and horror
The tsunami breaks over the beach and holiday resort in which the family are staying. Although people and property are seen being washed away, there is little graphic detail. A woman and her son are seen struggling in the water before being reunited during a distressing scene, and later the woman relives the experience when she is anaesthetised before an operation. During the flashback, she sinks through bloody water and there is brief sight of floating corpses.
injury detail
Injury detail includes a woman's bloody leg wound and a deep cut under her breast. There are also scenes showing a woman in hospital vomiting as the person in the next bed briefly vomits blood. There is sight of bleeding and injured tsunami victims, although there is no emphasis on injuries or blood as the camera is often moving or the scenes are filmed in long-shot rather than close-up.
nudity
There is brief natural nudity, including a dazed and naked man wandering down a road and a naked woman's corpse. There is also brief sight of a woman's exposed breast after she has been injured and her dress is dislodged.
additional issues
There are scenes showing distressed or bereaved people, which some viewers will find upsetting. There is also infrequent very mild bad language ('hell').

  • Director(s)

    J. A. Bayona

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Geraldine Chaplin, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Marta Etura, Sonke Mohring

Contains natural disaster scenes, moderate injury detail and brief nudity
Classified Date:
15/10/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
E1 Films
threat and horror
The tsunami breaks over the beach and holiday resort in which the family are staying. Although people and property are seen being washed away, there is little graphic detail. A woman and her son are seen struggling in the water before being reunited during a distressing scene, and later the woman relives the experience when she is anaesthetised before an operation. During the flashback, she sinks through bloody water and there is brief sight of floating corpses.
injury detail
Injury detail includes a woman's bloody leg wound and a deep cut under her breast. There are also scenes showing a woman in hospital vomiting as the person in the next bed briefly vomits blood. There is sight of bleeding and injured tsunami victims, although there is no emphasis on injuries or blood as the camera is often moving or the scenes are filmed in long-shot rather than close-up.
nudity
There is brief natural nudity, including a dazed and naked man wandering down a road and a naked woman's corpse. There is also brief sight of a woman's exposed breast after she has been injured and her dress is dislodged.
additional issues
There are scenes showing distressed or bereaved people, which some viewers will find upsetting. There is also infrequent very mild bad language ('hell').
Contains natural disaster scenes, moderate injury detail and brief nudity
Classified Date:
12/03/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
threat and horror
The tsunami breaks over the beach and holiday resort in which the family are staying. Although people and property are seen being washed away, there is little graphic detail. A woman and her son are seen struggling in the water before being reunited during a distressing scene, and later the woman relives the experience when she is anaesthetised before an operation. During the flashback, she sinks through bloody water and there is brief sight of floating corpses.
injury detail
Injury detail includes a woman's bloody leg wound and a deep cut under her breast. There are also scenes showing a woman in hospital vomiting as the person in the next bed briefly vomits blood. There is sight of bleeding and injured tsunami victims, although there is no emphasis on injuries or blood as the camera is often moving or the scenes are filmed in long-shot rather than close-up.
nudity
There is brief natural nudity, including a dazed and naked man wandering down a road and a naked woman's corpse. There is also brief sight of a woman's exposed breast after she has been injured and her dress is dislodged.
additional issues
There are scenes showing distressed or bereaved people, which some viewers will find upsetting. There is also infrequent very mild bad language ('hell').
Classified Date:
20/12/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
E1 Films
Paperwork Remarks:
SHORT TRAILER
Classified Date:
26/10/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
Classified Date:
15/10/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
E1 Films
Classified Date:
12/03/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Entertainment One UK
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary

  • Classified date

    12/03/2013

  • BBFC reference

    AVF295440

  • Language

    English