The Polar Express (2004) Critic Reviews
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Simple and evocative, yet teeming with intriguing visual effects. Read the full review
This visually impressive yet emotional frigid fable could perhaps more accurately be tagged "The Bipolar Express."Read the full review
A truly satisfying holiday picture, the kind everyone can enjoy.Read the full review
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. Read the full review
Cinematic magic. Read the full review
Every detail of the beloved children's classic is meticulously reconstructed in the film, with visuals that can only be described as wondrous.Read the full review
A train wreck of mind-numbing proportions.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
It's hard not to wish this film were more of a piece and less like loud music at the wrong party. Read the full review
The screenplay, by Zemeckis and William Broyles Jr., plumps Van Allsburg's simple fable about the purity of childhood faith in what can't be seen with all sorts of wholly invented characters, complications, and declarations.Read the full review
