Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture CGI animated adaptation of the Van Allsburg childrens novel, about a young boy in search of the...
Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture CGI animated adaptation of the Van Allsburg childrens novel, about a young boy in search of the true spirit of Christmas, who takes a train ride on the magical Polar Express to meet Santa at the North Pole. The Polar Express is the first fully motion-capture animated film ever.
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56 %210 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
64 %243,446 reviewsAudience score rating
13+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"This visually impressive yet emotional frigid fable could perhaps more accurately be tagged "The Bipolar Express"..."
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Variety
Variety"The result is a failed and lifeless experiment in which everything goes wrong..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"A movie for more than one season; it will become a perennial, shared by the generations. It has a haunting, magical quality because it has imagined its world freshly and played true to it..."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"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..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Just like “It’s A Wonderful Life” is shown on TV every year, The Polar Express should appear in IMAX theaters that traditionally..."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"For all the fairy-lit wonder, some will rail at the idea of the director of Back To The Future dabbling with such a schmaltzy tale. Cynics will sneeze in shock; children, young and old, will cuddle up and dream along..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Besides its dead-eyed cast, this 'animated' escapade is thrown off the tracks by pointless detours seemingly intended just to stretch the journey time..."
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BBC
BBCThe Polar Express | Details
- Runtime
- 99
- Genre
- Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
- Country of origin
- USA
