The Polar Express

2004

99 mins

Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture CGI animated adaptation of the Van Allsburg childrens novel, about a young boy in search of the... More

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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The Polar Express | Ratings & Reviews

56_%210 reviews
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64_%243,377 reviews
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13+Age suitability
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"This visually impressive yet emotional frigid fable could perhaps more accurately be tagged "The Bipolar Express"..."

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Variety

"The result is a failed and lifeless experiment in which everything goes wrong..."

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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

"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

"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

"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

"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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