Synopsis
Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
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Cast
- Jenny AgutterRoberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
- Sheridan SmithAnnie Waterbury
- Tom CourtenayUncle Walter
- Beau GadsdonLily Watts
- KJ AikensAbe
- Austin HaynesThomas Waterbury
- Eden HamiltonPattie Watts
- Zac CudbyTed Watts
- John BradleyRichard
- Hugh QuarshieGeneral Harrison
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Effectively piling nostalgia upon nostalgia upon nostalgia into a triple-layered Victorian sponge of particularly English sweetness, this good-natured, resolutely old-fashioned film will likely make any adults who grew up on Jeffries’ original a little misty-eyed. - 60
The Independent
The Railway Children Return is part-sequel, part-remake, with a carefully selected smattering of callbacks for the fans. - 60
Empire
Perhaps not as heart-warming or charming as the first film, The Railway Children Return is engaging and entertaining in different ways, winningly played by its fresh cast. - 60
The Irish Times
The new film is a plodding affair, characterised more by fastidious set dressing than by narrative tension. - 60
The Observer (UK)
It’s all perfectly inoffensive kids’ entertainment, but aside from the well-meaning but slightly jarring BLM messaging, it’s ploddingly predictable stuff. - 40
Little White Lies
As a feature, it all feels very rushed and dramatically inert, with the outcome of Abe’s predicament visible from many, many miles off.
