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The Polar Express

The Polar Express
The Polar Express

Film Details

Year

2004

Duration

96 minutes

Genres

Action and Adventure, Animation, Family

Language

English (English subtitles)


Synopsis

A young boy is at the age where he's beginning to doubt the existence of Santa Claus. However, one Christmas Eve he hears a thunderous noise outside and, on investigating, finds it's being made by a huge train - the Polar Express. A kindly conductor asks him aboard and soon he and some other children are on a rollercoaster ride north to see the big man himself. Director Robert Zemeckis honed the use of "motion capture" technology when filming The Polar Express, and the technique perfectly suits this charming, fantastical nature of a film about the magic of Christmas.

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U Classification

This film contains mild threat.

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