Thomas and the Magic Railroad: Critic Reviews

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Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

60

It's very slow, though it does offer a respite from the overactive animation that kids are mostly subjected to.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

Witless and inert.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

10

What a pain in the old caboose.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Loren King Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Thomas is a train worth catching.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nancy Churnin Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Thomas fans should be pleased.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

25

An inept assembly of ill-matched plot points.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Scenes with Peter Fonda as a melancholy grandfather -- he couldn't get a cherished engine running in time for his late wife to ride it -- periodically bring the movie screeching to a halt.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Derek Elley Variety (Top Critic)

Compared with contempo kidpics, the whole thing also looks rather low-tech.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

Skin-crawlingly awful.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Can you say, 'Minimalist animation'?
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Keogh Film.com (Top Critic)

It's like a lost moment.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

A really unnecessary movie, whose purpose is primarily to promote the inevitable home video.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

The movie is no better than something designed for a direct-to-video release.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mark Adams Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

For the target audience -- probably between 3 and 5 -- it is bang on target.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

60

Will please its many fans, but might confuse kids.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Empire Magazine

20

With clunky bluescreen, spot-a-mile-off matte work and an absolute lack of synergy between real-life and animated action, it all conspires to provide an appropriately amateur sheen.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

If all this sounds convoluted, well, it's a toddlers' film and anything goes.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Susannah Breslin Film Threat

20

Please, for the love of God, don't let it be a franchise. Think of the parents.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Joe Mader Palo Alto Weekly

13

There's no magic here, only incompetence.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

...A strange, brooding story vastly different from its TV ancestor, and it will soon slip indistinctly from the public consciousness and into video stores, which is where it belongs.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Edward Lawrenson Sight and Sound

An inglorious wreck of a movie.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan

Kids who loved the TV series will probably love this too. Adults will likely be less enthused.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall

40

Could have been worse I suppose. At least there are no Pokemons or (shudder) grinning purple dinosaurs around.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

If I had been on drugs, I would have laughed hysterically at those silly trains, with only their googly eyes giving them expression.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Nell Minow Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

60

It is also mildly troubling that the female characters are so passive.
Full Review » 12 years ago