An inspiring adventure based on the beloved children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, follows the story a a boy who is a complete unbeliever as he takes an extraordinary trip to the north pole.
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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
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 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
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
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
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.
December 28, 2010
The best kids' holiday movie in years.
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
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
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.
