The Polar Express

Name: The Polar Express
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Released: 2004

Robert Zemeckis

2004

Synopsis

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Cast

Tom HanksHero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
Leslie ZemeckisSister Sarah / Mother
Eddie DeezenKnow-It-All
Nona GayeHero Girl (voice)
Peter ScolariBilly - Lonely Boy
Michael JeterSmokey / Steamer
Josh HutchersonHero Boy
Daryl SabaraHero Boy (voice)
Jimmy BennettLonely Boy (voice)
Brendan KingPastry Chef

Recommendations

100
The Hollywood Reporter
A story that soars with breakneck pace but slows in all the tender moments. Visually, this train ride is both majestic and edge-of-your-seat.
100
San Francisco Chronicle
An enchanting, beautiful and brilliantly imagined film.
88
ReelViews
Cinematic magic.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
For most of the way, it's indeed quite a ride: a cumulatively exhilarating, visually mouth-dropping, somberly stylish odyssey crammed full of virtuoso animation sequences.
70
Los Angeles Times
It's hard not to wish this film were more of a piece and less like loud music at the wrong party.
50
Variety
This visually impressive yet emotional frigid fable could perhaps more accurately be tagged "The Bipolar Express."
50
The A.V. Club
As a spectacle, The Polar Express looks remarkable. As a film, however, it's the equivalent of an elaborately wrapped Christmas present containing a nice new pair of socks.
50
Village Voice
When it comes to the "humans," the atmosphere collapses. Unnervingly smooth, mouths moving in strange, even frightening formations, the Polar people are the least convincing things on-screen, glaring impostors amid the otherwise painstakingly rendered scenery.

The Polar Express

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