Thomas & The Magic Railroad | Alec Baldwin, Linda Ballantyne

Thomas & The Magic Railroad | Alec Baldwin, Linda Ballantyne | Any Thomas fan will LOVE this movie

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	Thomas & The Magic Railroad Alec Baldwin, Linda Ballantyne Sony Pictures, 2000 average customer review:based on 163 reviews view larger image
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Thomas, as anyone familiar with the eponymous, wildly popular TV series knows, is a very useful engine, and never more so than in his first theatrical release, which was a modest box-office success. On a tank filled with little more than pluck, determination, and goodwill, Thomas sets out full steam ahead on a danger-fraught mission to help his friend Mr. Conductor. The conductor's stash of magic gold dust has run out, leaving him stranded on the Island of Sodor with Junior, his flaky cousin, and Lily, a little girl enlisted to lift her grandfather out of a funk on nearby Muffle Mountain. When Thomas bravely chugs beyond his hometown tracks' buffers with Lily aboard, he's transported to Muffle Mountain's secret railway and to Lady, a long-lost steamer whose legendary engine makes her more powerful than Diesel, the train-yard bully. Together, Thomas and Lady lead Diesel on a chase that causes a bridge to collapse, taking the dastardly Diesel down with it. Most impressive about the movie is its marquee names: Alec Baldwin works magic as the dutiful worrywart Mr. Conductor, Mara Wilson is Lily, and Peter Fonda plays the cool-looking but lugubrious Grandpa. It's a cast that'll keep put-upon parents watching, if halfheartedly. Thomas fans 5 and under, meanwhile, will wish the actors wouldn't blow so much hot air; they'll want to see their hero a bigger part in steaming up the story line. --Tammy La Gorce

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thomas and the magic railway

I watch this movie with my three year old who really enjoys it and so do I. I wish they would make more Thomas movies like this.

Any Thomas fan will LOVE this movie

My 3 year old son LOVES this movie. We were frequently renting it from the library so I finally bought it (at a good price). He loves Thomas toys but I think he loves this movie even more! He doesn't like the other Thomas shows as much. He likes this because it has real people and life-size trains in it! No, the acting isn't too hot, but kids don't care.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad DVD

This is a must for any parent who has a child that loves Thomas the Tank Engine. My son absolutely loves this DVD and I highly recommend it.

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A child's review

OK - as an adult reviewer, I'll agree: this movie is terrible. It's poorly written & on & on -- what everyone else is saying.
But from a kid's perspective, it's pretty, it has a little bit of good music, and it has Thomas, and some other "nice" trains (and some bad ones)... so add some magic, and voila! The best movie ever. I'm not proud of that fact my kids are so easily entertained, but after renting it once, my kids wanted to pick it out at the rental store over & over again, so I ended up buying it. They still love it.
I'm sure in a few years the thrill will pass and we can find a young, unsuspecting family to pass this movie on to...

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