Rotten
It's hard to get over the implausibility of the premise in Micky Levy's script, even though the characters themselves acknowledge that they're in a ridiculous situation.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Rails & Ties
When life comes apart, love puts it back together.
2007 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Alison Eastwood
Overview
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
Director and cast
- Alison Eastwood Director
- Kevin Bacon as Tom Stark
- Marcia Gay Harden as Megan Stark
- Miles Heizer as Davey Danner
- Marin Hinkle as Renee
- Eugene Byrd as Otis Higgs
- Bonnie Root as Laura Danner
- Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Brown
- Steve Eastin as N.B. Garcia
- Laura Cerón as Susan Garcia
- Margo Martindale as Judy Neasy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
34%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's just not much here to recommend at all.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
One highly unlikely circumstance after another become laughable, preventing you from being moved by the family tragedies depicted. They beg for tears, but a script this chock-full of holes is unlikely to elicit the desired effect.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
I think somehow the filmmakers lost the way, lost sight of the people inside the plot.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
All the astute acting in the world can't bring such a preposterous story into the station on time and intact.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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