Director: Robert Zemeckis
Copyright: 2004
Production: Disney (?)
Voice Talents:
Tom Hanks (as "Hero Boy" "Father" "Conductor" "Hobo" "Scrooge" and "Santa Claus")
Leslie Harter Zemeckis (as "Sister Sarah" "Mother")
Nona M. Gaye as ("Hero Girl")
Peter Scolari as ("Lonely Boy")
MPAA Rating: G
Cornfeild Lion's rating:
Review by:

A young boy who is begining to doubt in Santa Claus goes outside one night to see a train... that will take him to the North Pole? He meets a happy girl who believes strongly in Christmas, a little boy who doesn't, a mysterious hobo, the-down-to-earth conducton, and the big man himself teach him to want to believe.
I won't be able to talk about this movie very well because I saw it in IMAX... It is awesome in IMAX and is a nice introduction to the 3-D world. The plot is a bit confusing and Billy (or "lonely boy") is the only big character with a name. But it's cute! Maybe a bit corny... The art ROCKS!!! It's kinda different and loses interest a bit about halfway through. If you're not at IMAX, don't plan on taking teen-agers.

Rated For:
Sexual and Nudity: Um... the elves dance at the end... which is kinda weird... not very offencive, but it's really out of place...

Offence to Chirstianity: Santa is elevated to the "God" level.

Other: Scared of heigts? Don't watch it in IMAX.

Cornfeild Lion's Rating: G

Quotes:

The Conductor: "Well, ya comin'?"
The Boy: "Where?"
The Conductor: "To the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!"

The Conductor: "Sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see."

The Conductor: "The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on."

The Conductor: "All aboard!"

Hobo: "Seeing is believing."

The Boy: "I'm looking for a girl."
Hobo: after a pause; bursts out laughing "Well aren't we all?"