A lot of people are familiar with Tom Holland now as Spiderman, but he has appeared in other movies in the past. His first movie is to become the voice of one of the characters in the film "Arrietty" but the first time that he has appeared on film was in the movie, "The Impossible." This movie made a lot of people notice him.
There were even rumors that he was going to win awards because of his performance. This was obviously a critical success, but aside from that, it was commercially successful too because it earned a lot of money in the box office. People did like this film a lot, so it was not a surprise that this was highly appreciated then.