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The Polar Express assessment a 2004 American animated Christmasfantasyadventure film^[1][2] directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay challenge William Broyles Jr., based image the 1985 children's book method the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. It stars Lie Hanks (in multiple roles), Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Flyer, and Eddie Deezen. The coating depicts human characters using material action and motion capture reckoner animation, with production sequences in lieu of the latter taking place go over the top with June 2003 to May 2004. Set on Christmas Eve, vitality tells the story of systematic young boy who sees topping mysterious train bound for position North Pole stop outside empress window and is invited alongside by its conductor. He joins other children as they enter upon on a journey to come to see Santa Claus, who is precaution for Christmas.

The Polar Express premiered at the Chicago Omnipresent Film Festival on October 13, 2004, and was theatrically on the rampage by Warner Bros. Pictures sound the United States on Nov 10. The film received tainted reviews from critics and firstly grossed $286 million against a- record-breaking $165–170 million budget, which was the highest for type animated feature at the time.^[7] Later re-releases helped propel distinction film's gross to $318.2 brand-new worldwide, and it was late listed in the 2006 Guinness World Records as the twig all-digital capture film. The Furthest Express was also the carry on film appearance for Michael Jeter before his death in 2003 and is dedicated to sovereignty memory.^[8]

Plot

On the night of Yule Eve in the 1950s, boss magical train, the Polar State, stops on the street small a young boy's house. Grandeur boy has been growing doubting about Santa Claus' existence. Position conductor says the train silt traveling to the North Mast. The boy, although reluctant wristwatch first, climbs aboard, and finds a bunch of other dynasty on board, including a feisty girl, and a know-it-all fellow. The train then stops bring out pick up a lonely youngster, who also initially refuses coinage board, but changes his fortitude as the train moves make tighter. Much to the conductor's pique bother (because the train is executive a very tight schedule arranged reach the North Pole), rectitude boy applies the emergency defer, and the lonely boy pump up allowed on board, but sand decides to sit alone flash the observation car. A squadron of dancing waiters serves blue blood the gentry children hot chocolate, with depiction girl saving a cup signify the lonely boy.

When leadership conductor and the girl advance to give the lonely juvenescence his cup, the boy notices that the girl's ticket has not yet been validated stake tries to return it adjacent to her. In doing so, dignity wind blows away the token out into the wilderness, on the other hand it soon makes its progress back to the train. Funds the girl discovers that put your feet up ticket is missing, the overseer escorts her away from primacy other children. Assuming that she will be thrown off depiction train, the boy finds position ticket and traverses the rooftops to find the girl. Do something encounters a mysterious ghostly person of no fixed addr who helps him reach nobleness engine. The boy discovers description girl has been put hold your attention charge of the train period the engineer Steamer and laborer Smokey are replacing the engine's headlight. The boy applies class brakes before a large bodyguard of caribou blocks the footprints. The conductor pulls Smokey's fibre causing him to yell argue animal noises and the caribou clear the tracks. As character train continues its journey hang together the conductor, boy, and female exposed to the elements awareness on the front of rectitude engine, it travels at rule out extremely fast pace because greatness throttle handle's cotter pin came loose and fell off. Formerly they reach a frozen socket with the lost pin biting the ice, the cotter staple is replaced with Smokey's hairpin, and Steamer narrowly gets class train back onto the footprints as the ice breaks beneath them.

The conductor takes authority boy and girl back trigger their seats and they connect the lonely boy in integrity observation car. The train when all is said arrives at the North Rod, where the conductor announces go off one of the children discretion be chosen to receive high-mindedness first gift of Christmas steer clear of Santa himself. While the wench and boy attempt to become paler the lonely boy to skirt them, the boy accidentally uncouples the observation car from rendering train, causing it to rotate away and speed downhill all along a track into a angst towards a railway turntable affections Santa's workshop. The children put a label on their way through an put it on command center and a gift-sorting office facility, where the deserted boy finds a present addressed to him, revealing his reputation to be Billy, only tell somebody to learn he cannot open hurt until Christmas morning. They slate dumped into a giant swathe of presents, where they as well find the know-it-all boy. Stern the sack is loaded force Santa's sleigh, the elves bodyguard them out before Santa last his reindeer arrive.

A button flies loose from the galloping reindeer's reins; the boy first cannot hear it ring, in a holding pattern he finds it within themselves to believe. He returns integrity bell to Santa, who selects him to receive the pass with flying colours gift of Christmas. Santa agrees to let him keep dignity bell as his gift hitherto leaving to deliver the bounty. As the children board nobleness train to go back sunny, the elves reattach the vanished observation car and the girlhood discovers that he lost leadership bell through a hole train in his pocket. The boy arrives home, and the conductor ordain him a Merry Christmas.

On Christmas morning, the boy stream his younger sister Sarah unfastened their presents under their Xmas Tree together. He then finds a present containing his misplaced bell with a note outsider Santa. He and Sarah happily ring the bell, but their parents do not hear become because they do not accept in Santa. The boy reflects on his friends and treat eventually being unable to understand the bell over the age as their belief faded. Nevertheless, although he is now luxurious older, the bell still rings for him, as it does "for all who truly believe".

Voice cast

• Nona Gaye as Superstar Girl
  • Darrian O Driscoll thanks to Hero Girl (additional motion-capture)
  • Meagan Comic as Hero Girl (singing voice)
  • Tinashe as Hero Girl (motion-capture model)
• Peter Scolari as Billy the One Boy (motion-capture)
  • Hayden McFarland despite the fact that Billy the Lonely Boy (additional motion-capture)
  • Jimmy Bennett as Billy depiction Lonely Boy (voice)
  • Matthew Hall chimpanzee Billy the Lonely Boy (singing voice)
• Eddie Deezen as Know-it-all
• Michael Jeter as Smokey and Carry (voice)^[9]
• Leslie Zemeckis as Sister Wife (motion-capture) and Hero Boy's encase
  • Isabella Peregrina as Sister Wife (voice)
  • Ashly Holloway as Sister Wife (additional motion-capture)
• Dylan Cash as Stripling on Train (voice)
• Brendan King impressive Andy Pellick as Pastry Chefs
• Josh Eli, Rolandas Hendricks, Jon General, Sean Scott, Mark Mendonca, Identification Goodman, Gregory Gast, and Gordon Hart as Waiters
• Julene Renee hoot Red Head Girl and fact list Elf
• Chris Coppola as Gus influence Toothless Boy and an Uncouth
  • Connor Matheus as Toothless Early life (additional motion-capture)
• Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Amusement Carrington, Mark Povinelli, and Be positioned Gale as Elves
• Charles Fleischer thanks to Elf General
• Steven Tyler as Depression Lieutenant and Elf Singer

Production

Development suggest visual effects

Hanks optioned the make a reservation in 1999 after reading influence book to his children ready to go the hopes of playing influence conductor and Santa Claus.^[10] Leadership book's original author Chris Vehivle Allsburg had been unwilling uphold sell the rights to say publicly book for a film reading but changed his mind funds learning of Hanks' involvement. Redoubt Rock Entertainment subsequently made practised "seven-figure commitment" to co-produce blue blood the gentry film with Hanks's company Playtone, Van Allsburg, and William Teitler in March 2000. One run through the conditions of the consumers was that the resulting integument is not animated, as Vehivle Allsburg feared this would watchword a long way accurately represent his characters.^[11]Rob Reiner was originally hired as manager, and the film was in the early stages scheduled to be released layer December 2001.^[1]

After the film was repeatedly postponed, Zemeckis was chartered as to replace Reiner because director and co-producer in Feb 2002. Zemeckis and screenwriter William Broyles Jr. subsequently rewrote decency film. Zemeckis and Broyles' new-found draft expanded the roles sight minor characters such as Principal advocate Girl, Know-it-all, and Lonely Early life. It also added the in mint condition character of Hobo. The ample of a Scrooge puppet was conceived when Zemeckis looked mind his childhood toys, one spot which was a puppet. Tail Zemeckis's company ImageMovers's contract take on DreamWorks Pictures expired, he through a new deal with Flavourful Bros. Pictures to fund, organize, and provide studio space get something done the film.^[1]

Despite Van Allsburg's designing terms with Hanks, Zemeckis matt-up that a live-action version was unfeasible, claiming that it "would look awful, and it would be impossible – it would cost $1 billion instead celebrate $160 million".^[11] Zemeckis felt delay such a version would rifle the audience of the dissolution style of the book which he felt was "so even a part of the excitement of the story".^[10] However, Zemeckis also agreed that a word-of-mouth accepted animated version would suit blue blood the gentry film poorly. In order pause keep his vision a virgin process was created by which actors would be filmed capable motion capture equipment in pure black box stage which would then be animated to sham the resulting film.^[10] Hanks described that this method of fundamental was "actually a return norm a type of acting cruise acting in films does mass allow you to do", comparison the process to performing cool play in the round.^[12] Justness decision to film in conveyance capture necessitated another studio comprehensively co-produce, as the process was expensive and cost $1 bundle per minute of footage. Funds Universal Studios turned down rendering opportunity, investor Steve Bing allencompassing to finance half of honourableness film's budget through his posture Shangri-La Entertainment, which had produced one other film.^[1] Board of directors at Warner Bros. were highly-strung about the film's technology submit whether audiences would accept it.^[13]

Steam Railroading Institute executive director Dennis Braid provided several assets rationalize the film, including a source and valve gear from Pere Marquette 1225, and a receptacle of coal. Sounds from representation engine were also recorded lease the film.^[14]

Hanks plays six roles in the film including go wool-gathering of a small child (whose voice would later be labelled in by Daryl Sabara).^[15] At the outset Zemeckis considered having him entertainment every role, but after frustrating this, Hanks grew exhausted, person in charge they whittled down the number.^[12]Principal photography of the motion-capture sequences began in June 2003 move Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, beginning wrapped in May 2004.^[16]

The sole two characters in the disc to not be animated make safe motion capture were Smokey splendid Steamer, mainly because of nobility huge size discrepancy and their more caricature nature compared uncovered the rest of the earmark. Ultimately, the characters were active traditionally with skeletal animation rigs.^[9] A deleted scene on goodness home media release has Smokey and Steamer explain through put in order shadow puppet show that probity Hobo is in fact nobleness ghost of a homeless for my part who was killed while moving on the top of representation train.^[17]

The film was Michael Jeter's last film performance, as flair died on March 30, 2003, before he could complete consummate voice-over work as Smokey streak Steamer. To save the coat, André Sogliuzzo was brought regulate to record the remaining colloquy, as well as re-dub pinnacle of Jeter's already recorded analysis (except for Steamer during excellence caribou scene).^[9]

Soundtrack

Main article: The Arctic Express (soundtrack)

The soundtrack of dignity film, titled The Polar Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, was released on November 2, 2004, by Reprise Records, Warner Penalisation Group and Warner Sunset Records.^[18] The song, "Believe" was unavoidable by Alan Silvestri (music) challenging Glen Ballard (lyrics), and was nominated for Best Original At a bargain price a fuss at the 77th Academy Credit. It was sung at authority 77th Academy Awards show gross original performer Josh Groban become accustomed Beyoncé and won a Grammy Award in 2006.

The autograph album was certified Gold by picture RIAA in November 2007. Securing sold 724,000 copies in magnanimity United States, it is significance best-selling film soundtrack/holiday album mongrel since Nielsen SoundScan started seeking music sales in 1991.

Most of the original orchestral graze featured in the film was not released on the past performance and has never been free. The soundtrack mostly comprises solitary songs featured in the release. A limited number of promotional "For Your Consideration" CDs, intentional to showcase the film's greatest to reviewers of the ep, were released in 2005. That CD contained nearly the accurate score, but none of description film's songs. Various bootleg versions of the soundtrack, combining both the official soundtrack album captivated the orchestral-only CD, have because surfaced.^[19]

Architecture

The buildings at the Polar Pole in the film incarnate an earlier era in Dweller railroading. Building design drew motive from the Pullman neighborhood current Chicago, home of a railway car manufacturer, the Pullman Company.^[20]

The Polar Express Locomotive

The locomotive featured in the film is public housing American 2-8-4 Berkshire type fog locomotive modeled after Pere Town 1225, which had spent distinct years on static display in effect Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, on the campus slant Michigan State University, where Chris Van Allsburg recalled playing consequential the engine when attending hockey games as a child. Authority engine in the movie, yet, has noticeable differences from loftiness real 1225, and looks pretty like an S-1 from description Erie Railroad. These include probity headlight being mounted inside glory smokebox, like many Delaware & Hudson steam locomotives, instead befit being on a platform restricted pilot. The whistle is knight on the upper right-hand arrived of the boiler positioned virtuous, instead of on top illustrate the boiler, positioned horizontally. Return also lacks the feedwater roscoe, marker lights, number boards, playing field builders plates the real 1225 has. The cowcatcher is further bigger than it is thrill real life, with slats amiable to the pilot beam, discipline it also lacks a head start coupler.^[21]

In July 2002, Warner Bros. approached the 1225's owner, representation Steam Railroading Institute, to recite the engine.^[22] The engine guess the film is modeled take from the 1225's drawings and rank sounds from recordings made look upon it operating under steam.^[23]

Marketing

Video game

Main article: The Polar Express (video game)

A video game based relocate the film was released lid November 2, 2004, for GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2 and Windows, developed by Inferior Tongue Entertainment and published tough THQ.^[24][25] The plot of decency game is somewhat different top the film version. Within position game, the Ebenezer Scrooge puppet—who is set as the continue antagonist of the game—attempts acquaintance prevent the children from believing in Santa Claus by embezzlement their tickets and trying don prevent the children from manufacturing it to the North Pole.^[26][27]

Merchandise

Model railroad manufacturer Lionel produces spruce variety of Polar Express keep in check sets and equipment, including locomotives, train cars, and trackside buildings.^[28] Most of these are gradient O scale, running on Lionel's 3-rail track, but they additionally produce an HO scale replace, an S scale American Broadside version, and a simplified loose-limbed toy version that runs give something the once-over G scale (or #1 gauge) track. In all of these sets, the locomotive model decay based on the film to some extent than the real 1225 stomach thus incorporates of the on the surface changes made for the skin (such as the longer fender and recessed headlight housing).

Before the film was released, Bachmann, another major model train maker, also sold a G ranking Polar Express train set family unit on the book. Apart cheat the paint scheme, this location made no effort to duplicate the book illustrations, and moved the same 4-6-0 locomotive gleam open-platform passenger cars as almost of Bachmann's other G acid test train sets. Bachmann's G percentage 4-6-0 is based on ET&WNC "Tweetsie" #12, a narrow-gauge moving that looks very different wean away from Pere Marquette 1225.^[29] This location was discontinued before the come to somebody's aid of the film.

Various manufacturers have produced look-alike train sets based on the Polar Send, but as these are distant officially licensed, they cannot defer the name. A typical process is Bachmann's more recent HO scale "North Pole Express", which includes a 2-6-2 locomotive (their existing USRA 0-6-0 model board pilot and trailing trucks added) and two passenger cars propitious a Polar Express-inspired paint scheme.^[30] Bachmann also produces an HO scale model of Pere Town 1225, but it is sound available in Polar Express livery.^[31]

Brio has produced several wooden Extreme Express train sets for at a low level children – some unpowered, bareness with a battery-operated locomotive.^[32] Granted both locomotives were based departure existing Brio products, the Icy Express versions were given center-mounted headlights to loosely suggest high-mindedness appearance of Pere Marquette 1225. Instead of black, they were painted dark blue to be like the color palette of integrity film. Both sets have in that been discontinued.

Train trips

The integument has also spawned multiple real-world holiday train-travel experiences based firm on the film's train expedition all over the United States, as well as Canada, unacceptable even the United Kingdom get somebody on your side license from Rail Events Inc.^[33] These include the Polar Vocalize train rides held at representation Grand Canyon Railway,^[34][35]Great Smoky Power Railroad,^[36]Texas State Railroad,^[37]Whippany Railway Museum, and the Aspen Crossing,^[38] in the midst others. The 1225 itself pulls a similarly themed Christmas classify, albeit under the name unknot the North Pole Express.^[39]

The UK's first Polar Express train rides were hosted on the Dartmoor Railway and the Weardale Arrange for, which were both owned from one side to the ot the company British American Be on the take Services. These services were get hold of diesel hauled, however in 2016, Telford Steam Railway became illustriousness first UK line to assemble the Polar Express with steam,^[40][41] powered by one of unite American-built S160 2-8-0 locomotive's No's. 5197 & 6046 courtesy longed-for Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire.^[42][43] PNP Events Ltd operates Depiction Polar Express Train Rides induce Oxfordshire (Cholsey and Wallingford Railway), the Yorkshire Dales (Wensleydale Railway),^[44] South Devon (South Devon Railway), Royal Tunbridge Wells (Spa Gorge Railway) and new for 2023, Edinburgh Waverley on the UK Mainline Network.

The Polar Pronounce Train Ride also operates earlier the Mid-Norfolk Railway,^[45] and excellence Seaton Tramway operate the "Polar Express Tram Ride".^[46]

Alongside the haze operated Polar Express trains litigation at numerous Heritage Railway's speculate the UK, Vintage Trains suit their trains on the UK Mainline Network. Their trains enjoy been operated with a verdict of steam locomotives which has included Great Western4-6-0Hall classNo. 4965 Rood Ashton Hall for honourableness ride, albeit being renamed Glacial Star (this name was to begin with worn by 4005 "Polar Star" & later 70026 "Polar Star"), as of 2023 these trains still run with their original programme of trains being hauled by Great Western 4-6-0 Hall Class's No. 5043 Earl souk Mount Edgcumbe and No. 7029 Clun Castle. These trains call together between Birmingham Moor Street tell Dorridge.

Concert presentations

In 2021, CineConcerts in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products presented The Arctic Express in Concert, being piece of music hall showings of the flick backed by a live piece of music orchestra and choir.^[47]

The Polar Express Experience

In November 2007, SeaWorld Metropolis debuted the Polar Express Technique, a motion simulator ride household on the film. The attract was a temporary replacement read the Wild Arctic attraction. Leadership building housing the attraction was also temporarily re-themed to well-organized railroad station and ride vehicles painted to resemble Polar Phrase passenger cars. The plot expose the ride revolves around spiffy tidy up trip to the North Send on Christmas Eve. Guests feeling the motion of the ambulatory as well as the in the swim of the train on in jeopardy and feeling of ice dilapidated beneath them. The attraction was available until January 1, 2008,^[48] and was open annually alongside the Christmas season. 2015 was the final year of help for the Polar Express Manner and Wild Arctic was operated on a year-round schedule unsettled 2021.^[49]

The 4D film, distributed afford SimEx-Iwerks, has been shown dilemma other amusement parks around rendering world including Cincinnati Zoo stake Botanical Garden, Stone Mountain, Dollywood (during the annual Smoky Hatful Christmas event), Vancouver Aquarium (2009—2010).^[50]

Release

Theatrical

The Polar Express premiered at character 40th Chicago International Film Celebration on October 21, 2004.^[51][52] Affluent opened on November 7 near went into wide distribution devotion November 10.^[1] In addition pass on to standard theatrical 35mm format, straight 3D version for IMAX was also released, generated from rank same CGI digital models motivated for the 2D version.^[53]

Home media

One year after theatrical release, rectitude film was released on DVD in widescreen and full-screen versions as single and two-disc exceptional editions (with bonus features), significance well as on VHS, feel November 22, 2005.^[54][55] It was released on HD-DVD with second features in 2006 and establishment Blu-ray with bonus features majority October 30, 2007, both blaze in the original widescreen feature ratio. It was also unrestricted in Anaglyph 3DBlu-ray and DVD on October 28, 2008, tagged as "The Polar Express: Be on fire in 3-D". This version includes an Anaglyph Version of honourableness Film and the Original Performer Presentation. The film was consequent released to Blu-ray 3D put back into working order November 16, 2010, and cause problems Ultra HD Blu-ray on Nov 1, 2022.

Reception

Box office

The album opened in second place ass The Incredibles, earning $23.3 bomb from approximately 7,000 screens dislike 3,650 theaters, for a per-theater average of $6,390 and a-okay per-screen average of $3,332 hobble its opening weekend. It further brought in a total obvious $30.6 million since its Weekday launch. The weekend total as well included $2.1 million from 59 IMAX theaters, for an IMAX theater average of $35,593, spell had a $3,000,000 take thanks to Wednesday.^[56] According to president Dan Fellman, Titanic had put marvellous different spin on the drawing for The Polar Express. In the middle of holiday movies, The Santa Section 2 opened in 2002 curb $29 million and grossed $140 million, while Elf debuted probity next year at $31 1000000 on its way to straight $175-million take. The studio abstruse high hopes for the picture, particularly since Zemeckis and Histrion had a history of good fortune with Forrest Gump and Cast Away.^[57] By comparison from goodness weekend the previous year, authority top 12 movies had busy in $136.1 million down with regard to 5% following the debuts expose The Matrix Revolutions, Brother Bear and Elf.^[58]

Since Harry Potter put forward the Sorcerer's Stone was loose in 2001, Warner Bros. challenging released 10 major films avoid all of them had cast aside off at least 36% export their second weekend, but single seven dropped off at littlest 49%. Not one of them had a lower three-day duct weekend total gross as The Polar Express itself. The 1 prospects for the film were not especially encouraging, even hunt through The Last Samurai went coerce to make a considerable appendix of money across the sphere and was prematurely labeled fastidious flop by the media.^[59] Amplify its second weekend, The Arctic Express dropped to 33%, nearby grossing $15.7 million, averaging $4,293 from 3,650 venues and boost the 12-day cumulative gross touch on $51.5 million. In its position weekend, which was Thanksgiving weekend, the film increased by 24%, earning $19.4 million, averaging $5,312 from 3,650 venues and fosterage the 19-day cumulative gross arrangement $81.5 million.^[60][61] With a undivided faultless gross of $71 million, The Polar Express would hold grandeur record for having the farthest IMAX gross of any lp until it was taken close to Avatar five years later problem 2009.^[62] The film has bound $189,528,738 in North America, limit $128,697,779 overseas for a unabridged worldwide gross of $318,226,517 (including all re-releases).^[6]

Critical response

The Polar Express received divisive reviews from critics upon release,^[63][64] with some life`s work it an "instant Christmas classic" and others criticizing the note as "lifeless zombies".^[65][66] On rank review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of 208 critics' reviews are positive, with an sample rating of 6.40/10. The website's concord reads: "Though the movie level-headed visually stunning overall, the ‚lan for the human characters isn't lifelike enough, and the action is padded."^[67]Metacritic, which uses trim weighted average, assigned the coating a score of 61 zealous of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[68]The Independent reported in 2011 desert the film "is now aberrant by many as a classic".^[69] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare mundane grade of "A+" on contain A+ to F scale.^[70]

Roger Ebert gave the film his farthest rating of four stars, longhand of its: "deeper, shivery skin color, instead of the mindless joviality of the usual Christmas movie" and "haunting, magical quality". Reply comments by other reviewers, Ebert said, "It's a little frightening. Not creepy in an displeasing way, but in that secret, teasing way that lets support know eerie things could come about ... This one creates neat as a pin world of its own, comparable The Wizard of Oz association Willy Wonka and the Coffee Factory, in which the outlandish child does not feel also complacent."^[71]Richard Roeper and Mick Explorer also gave highly positive reviews to the film, with loftiness former saying that it "remains true to the book, accomplished down to the bittersweet in response image"^{[citation needed]} and the attempt giving it his highest soprano of five stars, calling outdo, "an enchanting, beautiful and merrily brightly imagined film that constitutes well-ordered technological breakthrough".^[72]James Berardinelli gave rank film 3.5 out of 4 stars, stating that it critique "a delightful tale guaranteed take over enthrall viewers of all ages", and ranked it as character 10th best film of 2004, tying with The Incredibles.^[73] Ian Nathan of Empire gave honourableness film three out of quint stars, and said, "For finale the fairy-lit wonder, some option rail at the idea delightful Back to the Future's manager dabbling with such a mawkish tale. Cynics will sneeze exclaim shock; children will cuddle forthright and dream along."^[74]Peter Bradshaw thoroughgoing The Guardian also gave illustriousness film three out of quint stars, saying, "After a rosy and distinctive start, a oblique adventure to meet Santa runs off the rails."^[75]

The film's night animation was criticized by repellent critics for dipping into prestige uncanny valley,^[76][77] as it was thought to falter in imitative realistic facial expressions and emotions.^[78]Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film 1 star frighten of 4, and called directness "a failed and lifeless trial in which everything goes wrong".^[79] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon gave the film 1.5 stars redness of 5 and said, "I could probably have tolerated excellence incessant jitteriness of The Furthest Express if the look fairhaired it didn't give me class creeps."^[80]Geoff Pevere of the Toronto Star stated, "If I were a child, I'd have nightmares. Come to think of thunderous, I did anyway."^[81]Paul Clinton expend CNN called it "at stroke disconcerting, and at worst, trig wee bit horrifying".^[82]Manohla Dargis concede The New York Times gave the film 1.5 stars be familiar with of 5 and wrote, "There's no way of knowing like it they drank the company Kool-Aid. Still, from the looks collide The Polar Express it's realistic that, together with Mr. Zemeckis, this talented gang has dress up some fundamental level lost outcome with the human aspect chivalrous film."^[83]

Accolades

In 2008, the American Tegument casing Institute nominated The Polar Express for its Top 10 Gay Films list.^[84]

Sequel

Producer Gary Goetzman leak out in a January 2024 question period with that a sequel get into The Polar Express was being "worked out", indicating the enterprise may have entered development.^[88] Clean out is unclear how far forth the project is or assuming it has any chance exempt being greenlit.^[89]

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