The Polar Express
Polar express is an animated Christmas fantasy and a magical adventure to the north pole. a young boy became a hero after he learnt true friendship, bravery and the joy of Christmas.
26 August 1952, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, USA
25 August 1966, Camden, New Jersey, USA
16 March 1971, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
26 March 1948, Yonkers, New York, USA
6 March 1957, Cumberland, Maryland, USA
12 September 1955, New Rochelle, New York, USA
December 04, 2014
The schmaltz content gets higher and higher, as if administered through a drip feed, until by the end we are drowning in sucrose.
December 09, 2013
Though heartfelt, the film tries too hard to dazzle and thrill rather than echo its own message: just believe.
December 09, 2013
Tom Hanks (in a number of roles) and the other actors do a nice job of voicing their parts, but the waxy animated faces they've been given are off-putting.
December 28, 2010
The best kids' holiday movie in years.
December 09, 2013
Director Robert Zemeckis once again harnesses a new technology to an engaging fable in this digitally animated adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's holiday tale.
December 09, 2013
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.
December 09, 2013
A train wreck of mind-numbing proportions.
December 09, 2013
At some point very early in the 3-D IMAX version of The Polar Express, technology trumps banality and you helplessly surrender to the shock and awe of this big, often thunderous movie.
December 09, 2013
They say it's better to travel than to arrive and that's definitely the case with the latest CG 'toon to pull into cinemas.
April 19, 2009
Even when you look past the unnecessary dangers that the dehumanized child characters in "The Polar Express" experience, you're left with a hammered-home theme that says you must believe in a lie to be satisfied on a personal level.
December 09, 2013
People in Hollywood should never work with children or animals, W.C. Fields once said. Maybe that should be expanded to hyper-realistic computer-generated children and reindeer, too.
December 09, 2013
Though the emotion feels contrived, that's nothing compared to the flashy set pieces and meticulous detail, which do more to flaunt the technology than move along the story.
