Rotten
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.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Little Engines CAN Do Big Things...
2000 · 1h 26m · G
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Britt Allcroft
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Overview
Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lily and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine.
Director and cast
- Britt Allcroft Director
- Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor
- Peter Fonda as Grandpa Burnett Stone
- Mara Wilson as Lily Stone
- Edward Glen as Thomas (voice)
- Neil Crone as Diesel 10 / Gordon / Splatter / Tumbleweed (voice)
- Michael E. Rodgers as Mr. C. Junior
- Britt Allcroft as Lady (voice)
- Kevin Frank as Henry / Dodge / Bertie / Harold (voice)
- Linda Ballantyne as Percy (voice)
- Susan Roman as James (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If all this sounds convoluted, well, it's a toddlers' film and anything goes.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
It's very slow, though it does offer a respite from the overactive animation that kids are mostly subjected to.
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Rotten
A really unnecessary movie, whose purpose is primarily to promote the inevitable home video.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
For the target audience -- probably between 3 and 5 -- it is bang on target.
Mark Adams, Hollywood Reporter
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