Rails & Ties
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44 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Starring: Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer
  • Summary: Tom and Megan Stark always thought there would be time--—time to have children, time to take that trip to San Francisco, time to fix the problems in their marriage. But Megan's illness and Tom's inability to face the possibility of losing her are stealing all the time they have left. All Tomom can do is bury himself in his job as a train conductor, where at least he feels in control and everything runs on a predetermined track--until now. Tom's train hits a car on the tracks in a tragic turn of events that, while not his fault, may still cost him his job. Worse, a young woman is dead and her son, Davey, has been left to cope with the loss of his mother, the guilt that he could not save her not only from the train but from herself...and the anger at the man he holds responsible: Tom Stark. The accident puts the Starks and Davey on their own collision course. But instead of leading to tragedy, this crossing could mean new hope for a woman who has only one chance left to fulfill her dreams, for a man who must learn to open his heart before it's too late, and for a young boy who has never known the true meaning of family. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    63
    I found the opening third tremendously intriguing and involving, I thought the emotions were so real they could be touched, but then the film lost its way and fell into the clutches of sentimental melodrama.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    60
    Reserved, careful and largely predictable in the way it plays out its wrenching emotional crises.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    Everything looks professional if undistinguished.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    25
    The only conceivable reason for Warner Bros. to (barely) release this mush is as a favor to Clint Eastwood, whose daughter Alison directed.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. RodM.
    10
    Excellent movies. My experience has been that if the critics don't like it, then it is a great movie! I loved the movie, and thought the actors did a supurb job, especially Marcia!… Expand
  2. KC.
    8
    A feel good movie where tragedy and illness in life are balanced with something that is good. It's predictable but it solicits emotions out of you like a good movie should.… Expand
  3. DebraO
    8
    Well acted and directed. Good story line, a couple of surprises or turns could have brought it up a little and silenced the critics.
  4. JayH.
    6
    Certainly not the cheeriest of films. Well acted by Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden, especially Bacon. But the film is too melodramatic and it is as depressing as hell. A little less sentiment and more substance and story would have been a plus.… Expand

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