Synopsis
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
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Cast
- Kevin BaconTom Stark
- Marcia Gay HardenMegan Stark
- Miles HeizerDavey Danner
- Marin HinkleRenee
- Eugene ByrdOtis Higgs
- Bonnie RootLaura Danner
- Kathryn JoostenMrs. Brown
- Steve EastinN.B. Garcia
- Laura CerónSusan Garcia
- Margo MartindaleJudy Neasy
Recommendations
- 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The film's best and most carefully shaded performance belongs to Bacon. - 60
Variety
Reserved, careful and largely predictable in the way it plays out its wrenching emotional crises. - 60
The New York Times
Everything looks professional if undistinguished. - 50
Chicago Reader
Alison Eastwood, whose good looks and last name have served her well as a Hollywood actress, makes her directing debut with this mediocre cancer drama. - 50
Village Voice
Alison Eastwood's debut feature is slow, deliberate, assured, and shot with a graceful feel for place--none of which is enough to overcome the creaky themes that tie this hackneyed domestic drama together with fearsome symmetry. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Rails & Ties is like one bad TV movie that slammed into another. - 50
USA Today
While it features three strong performance and the debut of a promising filmmaker, the story line is obvious and rather melodramatic. - 42
The A.V. Club
Nobody feels anything they're not explicitly told to feel. Not even the audience.
