The Polar Express

2004 100 min ★ 6.7 Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Cast

Tom Hanks

Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

Leslie Zemeckis

Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen

Know-It-All

Nona Gaye

Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari

Billy / Lonely Boy

Michael Jeter

Smokey / Steamer

Josh Hutcherson

Hero Boy (motion capture)

Daryl Sabara

Hero Boy (voice)

Jimmy Bennett

Lonely Boy (voice)

Tinashe

Hero Girl (motion capture)

Details

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Screenplay

Robert Zemeckis

Tagline

"A journey like you’ve never imagined."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$165,000,000

Revenue

$318,432,432

Production

Golden Mean, Playtone, ImageMovers, Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment

Reviews

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Wuchak

November 30, 2018

★ 5/10

***Some kids with creepy dead eyes take a dreamlike trip to the North Pole on The Polar Express*** A boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is at the age where he no longer believes in Christmas, as far as Santa, his elves and flying reindeer go, but a magical train appears in front of his home on Christmas Eve and whisks him away on an adventurous trip to the North Pole with several other kids. ...

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Peter89Spencer

December 13, 2020

★ 10/10

No matter how many times I watch this, it always brought me to tears! I only wish that I got to see it in 3D at the cinema.

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Peter McGinn

December 19, 2020

★ 8/10

Watching The Polar Express is not an annual event for me, but I believe I have seen it three times and would not nix the idea if someone were to suggest watching it again. I feel a connection to it for an odd reason: my wife and I volunteered one Christmas season to be elves serving cocoa and dancing for an actual Polar Express narrow gauge train ride when we lived in Maine. (Though I can assure ...

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CinemaSerf

December 24, 2022

★ 6/10

A young man is all excited as he heads to bed on Christmas eve. His sleep is disturbed though, when his house starts to shake. He bounds to the window whereupon he sees the arrival of a great train, one he quickly discovers is heading on to the North Pole. Safely aboard he encounters other children and adventure beckons as they learn that one child will get to meet Santa Claus himself before he em...