we watched *THE IMPOSSIBLE* and could NOT STOP crying!!! (Movie Reaction) 

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"How many people died?" "I dunno, I would guess probably at least 5-600..." oh my sweet summer child... Over a quarter of a million people died in this tsunami. 227,000+. The death toll and destruction is literally something you can't even properly wrap your head around, it is mind boggling. The fact that all 5 members of this one family survived, let alone the 2 very young children, is absolute insanity.

Thomas and Simon screaming Lucas at the end is an instant tear jerker for me every time

27:42 227,898 people died. 167,540 in Indonesia alone. Absolutely insane disaster

I cry so much at this one every time! The real life woman this is based on is amazing…she wrote about how she should have died that day, and there is no reason other than luck that she didn’t. She talks about how every day since this is a gift and borrowed time. Her perspective is so inspiring.

As someone who survived this tsunami I think the movie showed such a realistic view of how it was. How the tsunami itself isn't the end of the hardship and you have to try and survive after as well in a hostile landscape. The terror of not knowing where your loved ones are. Everything is destroyed, all the infrastructure gone and many people were stranded on small islands not knowing how to get out. Injured people left to nothing but kind natives who just lost everything but still gave so much. No food, no money, no roads, no boats. Finally being rescued from the catastrophe site but just ending up in an overfilled hospital with most of their supplies gone, tons of bodies everywhere and just hearing the screams from people having procedures done without anasthesia or from people who lost loved ones.

The vomiting scene...as gross as it is, makes sense to me. Those women (and everyone who was hit) were forced underwater for a long time. They swallowed a lot of stuff. What they brought up was a bunch of junk they swallowed. Not pretty, but definitely realistic.

One thing that always gets me about this movie is Lucas' reactions to seeing his mom so messed up in the hospital. There is something so terrifying about being a kid and watching the person who has an almost godlike position in your life completely break down. That's the person who takes care of you, and having those roles reversed is super traumatic.

Rob : 😢 Zuff : “wow these kids are just built for a tsunami” Rob : 🥲 Lmao we all need a Zuff to ease the tension

What got me was watching the mother and the son just quickly let go of their "safe" place immediately when they saw/heard each other. They were not focused on their own safety but the other's.

My mom took us to the movies to see a rom-com called impossible love or something like that . So, the movie begins and my dad and I were like "yaay cool family vacation" and then this giant wave comes out of nowhere and all this terrible things are happening, im sobbing my eyes out and im like "mom.. i dont think we are in the right room".

I still remember reading the story of model Petra Nemcova, who was also in Thailand with her boyfriend when the tsunami hit. She sustained multiple injuries and clung to a tree for hours in order to survive, but unfortunately her boyfriend died in the disaster. Natural disasters cause such profound loss and devastation, but people's resiliency and ability to overcome tragedy is truly amazing and inspiring.

This film actually hits so hard knowing it’s a true story. I was sobbing throughout Tom Holland performance at his young age truly showing his talent I have seen him in the devil all the time as well but this performance was just different. This movie truly solidified my fear of tsunamis a great reaction as usual

my mom’s best friend was on his honeymoon in thailand when the tsunami hit, and watching my mom fall apart and call anyone she could to try and find him was so painful. thankfully he and his wife went up to the mountains the day before, so they were safe, but with the chaos that followed, it took a week to finally hear from them. i was only 9, but i still remember everything so vividly.

I met the real Maria some years ago. She shared her story with all of us. It was mind blowing and heartbreaking to even imagine what she was describing. Then I watched the movie and finally understood why she talked so gratefully about her family, and most of all about how God gave her the strength and faith to being alive and see her family as much as she wanted.

Ewan McGregor broke me with that phone call scene. Years later my coworker and I were discussing movies and I suggested this one. I told her about how that scene was so heartbreaking to me and she looked at me and said. " You're crying right now!" And I was. My eyes were swimming when thinking of it two years after.

the fact that this actually happened and the whole family actually survived is crazy

I know this is a traumatic movie but I actually love seeing you guys be vulnerable, it’s really nice to see because men usually act tough and strong. I mean who wouldn’t cry for what happened to all those people, it was terrible. Edit: btw 275,000 people were killed across 14 countries and 2 continents. It’s awful

This movie terrified and hit hard for me. My parents and my two siblings were there in 2003, where the tsunami hit in 2004. My brother's name is Luke. And I grew up in Japan so tsunamis were already a fear for me.

Many people that got under the water and survived said it was like being in a washing machine, You had no control. And there was 2 waves. In Sweden there was a lot of children that returned without parents, and parents returned with no children. I remember when this happened, I broke your heart. And for people that lived in this Area , they could not even fly home , They lost family members plus homes . Most Swedish People that died , died in Kao Lak. (sorry if I spell it wrong) Daniel was actually a Swedish Boy. And when you ask How Daniel ended up there, people got separated. One mother was separated from her husband and had to hold on to both her children in the water at the same time she hold on to a a tree , the problem was that she knew that there was no way she could hold on to the tree and at the same time her children, She tried but the water was to strong. So she had to let one child go (the older that she knew could swim, the youngest could not swim) , because if she had not they would have died all 3 of them. Sadly the child she let go of died. She said that she knew she did not have a choice but she said in her heart she would never forgive herself.

I recommend another movie directed by J.Bayona called "Society of the snow", it is about the tragedy of the Andes.

The movie's mostly from the mother's and Lucas' perspective (and she is a doctor so she knew exactly how bad off she was the whole time). And Lucas was actually only ten years old but people found his actions (helping his mom, seeing her wounds and being brave and strong about it) too unbelievable for such a young kid so they aged him up a little. But even crazier was the youngest two. The waves came and went for hours, btw. These tiny boys (5 and 7 years old) were clinging to a palm tree for hours, thinking their whole family had died. And they just skipped it for the movie because the filmmakers decided it was too traumatizing to show. Oh, and I think the death total was around 25,000 dead across multiple countries (the tsunami hit from India all the way to Indonesia).

227,898 people died from that tsunami. You’d think that a couple of hundred people dying is a lot, but more than 200,000 is crazy! Still makes me feel so sad.

wasnt expecting this upload at all, and i should be sleeping right now, but i clicked so fast on this video 😭 its one of my fave movies, instant tears in each scene

Three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Bryce gonna cry at parent stuff 🤣🤣🤣 Me too though 😭 I really felt the dad’s agony in this because I have 3 kids too & kind of a similar age gap…one older and then two younger close together. And I thought how terrified I would be in his shoes and the gut wrenching decision to leave the little two to look for the oldest. The first time I watched this I couldn’t even see the screen at those parts because I was crying so hard.

I saw this movie when it came out. Tom Holland broke me, built me up, and broke me again. I am so proud that the industry recognizes his talent.

i cried again :D regarding the black vomit: when you are caught by the wave of a tsunami you swallow water full of the things that it has been dragging, that's why the mother when she vomits has strange things in her stomach

This movie makes me cry so much, I think the overall death toll is over 200,000 people. A family member of mine was stuck for two days waiting for news of his parents, their home was destroyed but for some reason (out of character) they had decided to go up the mountain with some friends. Such an awful event

What I love about this movie is there's no focus on anyone being terrible or taking advantage in any way of the situation. It's just people helping people the whole way through.

I'm from Germany. I remember when a news team followed a family who were trying to get hold of their relatives over the phone. The camera was rolling when he heard that one of his (I think) nephews survived. Everyone instantly broke down crying. I don't think anyone else survived. The sound of that grown man sobbing like a little kid lives in my head rent free.

24:50 when Rob is crying and then Zuff makes him crack a smile, adorable

I was fortunate to see Tom Holland performing as Billy Elliot in the West End, back in 2008. He was already pretty phenomenal back then. Btw, the movie Billy Elliot might be something you guys might enjoy reacting to, too.

This movie WRECKED me I’m totally gonna cry with you guys 😩

You have to Watch society of the snow, It’s by the same director and also a true story about survival

My friend survived this as a kid. He had to wade through dead bodies for 2 or 3 days. Him and his twin and their parents survived but it had a huge effect

To be completely honest, I did not see this movie because I knew I didn't want to subject my heart to the trauma. However, I CAN watch it with you three. Thank you for being my buffer and feeling it full on. I still teared up, but I'm not a sobbing mess. ❤

26:16 “Impossible to Watch” is so accurate with this film. Watching people watch it is the only way I can get through it & I’m still wrecked.

I read that this disaster in 2004 is what mandated for countries in tsunami zones to issue tsunami warnings because none existed before this. now you get advance warning via sirens and cities have to have tsunami drills and clearly delineated paths to high ground in the event of a tsunami. that aside, this movie made me cry just as much as you guys did ❤

This film destroys me too. Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate how stellar the acting was. I feel like Tom absolutely stole this film. I was familiar with him a little from playing Billy Elliot on the West End and then I saw this and was blown away by him. When his name was included in the final line up of Spiderman possibilities I was rooting for him 100%. Between his athletic ability and the absolute power he brought acting-wise in this film I knew he’d kill it. And turns out he’s great at comedy too! I’m not a disaster film fan at all, it’s my least favourite genre and I hadn’t considered that you could describe this is as a disaster film. Guess it’s my favourite one!

I cry every time I see it. This movie is a masterpiece.

That tsunami was terrifying to the world at the time, this movie did a great job of showing the horror without being exploitive to victims

When i was living in Thailand, my family used to visit southern Thailand, where it happened during Christmas and new year holiday every years, but for some reason, that same year, we changed plan and go northern of Thailand instead. When we saw it on the news, we were shocked. I remember that my parents could say a word. I'm glad we decided to go north instead When this movie came out our i made my whole family watched together, and I remembered we were crying so many times.. .

At this point I'm convinced Zuff doesn't have any emotions that aren't happiness and joy

21:38 Helping others when everything inside you just wants to focus on yourself / you’re too distraught to help yourself, actually is incredibly healing, both in the short and long term.

One of the scariest sounds is when youre by the beach and theyre testing the tsunami horns. I live in california and ive always had nightmares of dying from a tsunami 😅

sitting here recovering from cry #1 just to start laughing at “her hamstring’s just chillin” 😂😭

I saw this in the theater and they’d just improved their sound system; I could barely breathe the entire time because I knew if I tried to breathe I’d start crying. Naomi got an Oscar for this movie, and for good reason.

I'm not sure if you guys have ever seen Hotel Rwanda but if you haven't, ABSOLUTE must watch. It's also based on a true story and such a tearjerker.

Seeing them be swept away like that is harrowing. I can't imagine how anyone could have survived it.

Tom is an incredible actor!! and he was on broadway already before this!! I remember being a fan of his since this movie and i vividly remember when the casting of his for spiderman came out and being so excited and happy. I'm also a fan of spiderman and back then rumors were that the casting was for either dylan o'brien or logan lerman, and most people thought tom seemed too small and uncharming for the role. Little did the know!!!!!! I hope one day you guys react to his umbrella number on lypsync lmao, that kinda did wonders for his pr back during the first spiderman

I watched this movie because I’ve been obsessed with Ewan McGregor since Moulin Rouge. Then while watching I was absolutely captivated by Tom Holland’s performance. I would recommend it to everyone. I couldn’t believe it when he was announced as Spider-Man.

There are so many fun facts about this film I don’t even know when to begin. Firstly - this was toms first time on a set, ever. Secondly - they met up with the real family and did a lot of interviews for accuracies sake. A lot of it was filmed in heavy duty custom pools for days and days - the filming time was quite strenuous. Honestly such a great movie 😊

This is the most realistic looking tsunami ever. It scared me so much when I first watched it, I couldn't go swimming anymore. Not even in the pool, and it stayed with me bc large bodies of water scare tf outta me now.

I saw an interview of survivors & a lot of them were in the hotel sleeping having no idea what was happening. This lady opened the balcony door to hang out & all she saw was this huge wave that looked like a wall. It completely knocked her out. Thats how powerful the water is itself

This movie is so brutal and it hits even harder when you realize more than 200 000 people died. The fact the whole family survived, is honestly extraordinary. The guy who's wife and daughter went to the beach, i think his family sadly did not survive. People lost whole families in that disaster.

This movie really struck a cord. A few years ago, I remembered and wanted to know more. I read the story was based on a radio program. If i remember correctly, it was an anniversay of the tsunami and Maria (the mom) was invited to talk about it. The producer was driving on her way for Christmas shopping and pulled over to hear it all. Once it finished, she called the director and said, we have to make this a movie. Maria has spoken about the trauma her family survived. She said, recovering from the tsunami took her years. She and her family are fantastic speakers. She's said that the movie just described a little bit of what happened. If any of you speaks spanish, you should find the original radio program. It's freaking haunting.

I’ve seen this before and even watching this with you I’ve been bawling at these clips. It’s just unreal. It hurts my heart to see people in pain. But it’s truly a beautiful film.

Great reaction! The 8 minute scene with the tsunami is one of the most intense scenes of any film. Like you mentioned though, it was great that the rest of the movie was less about the disaster and more about the reality of it settling in for the characters. All the actors were phenomenal, esp Tom and Naomi

This movie is so amazing, it never fails to make me cry. Their acting is spot on, Tom Holland really killed this role. It's so crazy to think that these natural disasters happen all around the world. Seeing that tsunami in this movie is probably one of the most frightening things I've seen, it's a miracle that the family survived. Their perseverance, strength, and hope helped them find each other. Such a great movie! ❤

This happened in our lifetime too. I remember the news footage of this tsunami in real time

The woman whose family it is about was on set for the filming. The director used her memories to set up the scenes down to the exact positions the family was in when the tsunami hit and everything that transpired after.

Probably the saddest part of this video (not the movie) is when y'all were wondering how many people died. I don't know if you googled the number after watching this but in case anyone wants to know, over 225,000 people died across the 14 countries this tsunami hit. At least 10,000 were children. My respect goes out to all who survived, my sympathy to all that passed or had family that perished, and my well wishes to everyone out there. Someone would miss you if you were gone, and someone would thank their deity that you lived. Much love to y'all, love your channel and your willingness to feel your feelings during tear jerkers like this. Be well. ❤

This movie was done so well. As you mentioned, the acting was top notch and agree Tom Holland carried the film. Glad you mentioned the # who died. When Zuff said 500 , I was thinking boy are you for a shock! I knew it was above 250k. I was in Thailand a few years after this tsunami hit and there was still devastation and clean up being done. There are warning signs everywhere related to tsunami and if water retreats, you get to high ground immediately! Also, this tsunami did spur new alert systems across the pacific to warn others.

_It is definitely one of the best reactions to this movie, I loved its transparency when reacting to it!! Without a doubt it is a beautiful film to cry 😂❤_

I watched this as a child and lived near the beach so to tell you I was traumatized, I was TRAUMATIZED 😭 I was so scared that a tsunami was gonna hit where I lived 😭😭

I live in New Orleans and this whole thing is so reminiscent of Katrina. A natural disaster is such a traumatic experience for a community and everyone involved. This is such an amazing and underrated movie. It’s title is so fitting. Very emotional and eye opening. Since tsunamis don’t affect a majority of the world, we don’t think about how horrific they can be.

There's an interview with Naomi saying that she told Tom to relax, go slower and not try too hard not to get tired, and she said that he didn't need to rest, that he never got tired and had a lot of energy.

So terrifying but such a good movie. It was nominated for an Oscar! The 2003 Boxing Day tsunami was the deadliest in recorded history, taking roughly 230,000 lives… 😢

When I saw Tom in marvel after some movies I realized he was the kid actor I loved and had a crush on when I was little 😅 his acting is amazing even when he was that little, it's impressive

The part where Naomi Watts vomits up all that dirt and plants haunts me to this day. This movie is such a stressful watch.

no matter how many times i’ve seen it, i can never not cry watching that scene where the two little brothers running and screaming lucas’ name💔

The bit that got me emotionally was when the dad makes the phone call to the parents, ewen McGregors acting was some of the most genuine and believable I have seen in any movie.

This is genuinely one of my favourite movies. Not only because of the amazing performances - which are beyond incredible, especially Tom Holland and the little boys - but because of it being a true story. I cry so much every time. I was living in Malaysia when the tsunami hit and I remember being scared it would come for us too, even if it was impossible. My family went on holidays to Thailand and we stayed at a resort that had been destroyed by the tsunami and rebuilt, right by the ocean. I remember watching the water, keeping an eye on it to make sure the tide didn't go out (I'd found out all the warning signs before we left) knowing which way to run and where my little brothers were. I've never been through a disaster, thankfully, but I think the '04 tsunami was one of the first times I realised what could happen without warning and how dangerous the world can be.

I genuinely love this movie and it's so rare to find people reacting to it. Baby Tom Holland killed it!

this film is a pure tear-jerker, you're just hit with emotions again and again. the kid actors are phenomenal, and naomi watts and ewan mcgregor are amazing as well. i feel like the scene where henry (mcgregor) is on the phone with his family is underrated, his acting is heart-wrenching 😭😭

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet but a lot of the crew and the extras were from the town where the tsunami hit and had been there that day. I watched the behind the scenes and the director and actors all talked about how they were incredibly helpful in making the movie as real as possible.

I'm thrilled you chose this to react to; not nearly enough people do. Incredible performances across the board. I just wish the film had put the miracle into more perspective, not only to celebrate the family's great fortune, but also to honor those who weren't so fortunate.

Cuando empecé a ver este canal, creía que Rob y Bryce serian duros de hacer llorar y que Zuff sería al que veriamos llorar más.... estaba equivocado, es totalmente al revés jajaja Y no me mal interpreten, me encanta ver que se sienten libres de poder llorar y sacar sus emociones estando juntos y compartiendolo en el internet, es algo no muy común en los hombres. Amo este canal de verdad.

So the reason the 2004 tsunami was so deadly is because there were a LOT of people vacationing there. The area also lacked any sort of tsunami warning system, even though there were sensors in the Indian Ocean. The FIRST sign that a tsunami was coming would have been the sea retreating right before it hit, and most people on the beach did not recognize the warning.

Naomi Watts was nominated for an Oscar (much deserved) but I also think Ewan should've been as well. The Academy has no love for Ewan. He's still never been nominated. Tom was fantastic in this as well.

Ahhhhh I’m so excited! This a movie I’ve wanted reactors to do for a long time and it’s barely been covered on RU-vid! Looking forward to this one.

This is my all time favorite natural disaster movie!! I’ve watched it so many times. The effects,the acting and etc it’s absolutely stunning and gut wrenching.

Guys, the trailer to this movie made me cry, and the movie had me bawling!!! Such an amazing movie!!

I wish more people would react to disaster movies, i have a weird fascination with them. Thanks for this!

this is literally my favourite movie i’ve seen it at least 20 times and i can recall everything that happens in it and most of the lines

The thing she threw up was a fishing line she had swallowed when the wave hit. It was covered in so much guck and mud that it saved her throat from being torn up.

I was emotional during the whole movie and was awestruck by Tom Holland’s performance and devastated at Ewan’s scene with the cell phone. He’s never been so amazing…but the hell they put Naomi thru deserves the special recognition award to me. She is in a class all her own here. This movie just hit every emotion all the way through. Amazing.

Saw this in theaters and sobbed and became obsessed with the story and since have forced everyone in my life to watch so I can see their emotional reactions. So this was the most excited I’ve been for a video!

I've watched this movie so many times, and all the documentaries I can find on both the 2004 and 2011 tsunami's. So heartbreaking, and so many people died!

You need to watch Society of the Snow. It was made by the same director

This movie hit me so hard that I had to cry for those who died and survived the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on Boxing Day.

The little girl that was saved by the elephant is incredible too.

This movie is so heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time ❤ If you liked it please consider reacting to "Society of the Snow". It's from the same director (J. A. Bayona) and it's also based on a true story. It just realised on Netflix and is Spain's submission for the Oscars this year. The movie tells the story of an Uruguayan plane that crashed into the Andes mountains in 1972, and is about how the passangers (most of them were in their late teens and early twenties) survived there for 72 days. Some people compare this with the movie "Alive" because they are both based on the same story, but I can assure you they are not the same movie, as they are made from completely different points of view.

I remember this so well, sat up like 24 hr straight and watched the news. Had friends who were there on vacation. We also must remember the locals who wasn’t able to fly back home, they lost their homes and business but still helped tourists to ger through it. Some tourists even stayed to help rebuild. So many lives lost 😞

Omgggg I LOVE this movie absolutely heartbreaking , I love seeing y’all react to this one

the scene when simon and thomas yells lucas and then runs to lucas to hug him always brings me to tears cause its such a emotional scene in this movie😢😢😢😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

This is one of my favorite movies of all time ❤️ it has so much heart, even though something horrible happened you can still believe in the good part of humanity, helping a stranger in need. So beautiful ❤️

for me personally whenever i watch this film it's just the thought of the kids that gets me crying. like i can't even imagine being 2-5 years old and experiencing that, let alone experiencing it now in my 20s. kids and animals just always get to me man, but at the end of the day just the thought of how terrifying natural disasters are is enough to get my skin crawling

I remember watching this in the cinema with my friend and I’ve seen it many times since. The visceral reaction I had the first time I saw the way the mom's leg was cut up is etched into my brain with perfect clarity even thou it was a decade ago. Also I always cry at the end when they’re reunited. Fun fact (or not fun but anyway) the current president of my country was in Thailand when the tsunami hit and survived by hanging in a palm tree. Also I had a teacher in primary school who’d been there too.

“how did these little shits survive…i’m happy for them” made me giggle lol