| 75 |
Boston Globe
Loren King
A train worth catching.
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| 58 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The film is inoffensive, and Baldwin is fun and engaging.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Examiner
An archaic rail-ride into the heart of boredom.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
A welcome alternative to such hyperkinetic drivel as Pokémon.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
This land of sweetness and light may appeal to many, but to some it is going to seem like living hell.
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| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly
Has the look of a great fairy tale -- all that's missing is the tale.
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| 50 |
New York Daily News
Something of a mess.
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| 40 |
Chicago Reader
The plot keeps switching tracks.
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| 38 |
Chicago Tribune
Monica Eng
Children's films can be thrilling affairs for parents and kids. Unfortunately, this film is not likely to thrill either group.
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| 30 |
TNT RoughCut
Confusing to anyone who's familiar with the word "plot."
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| 25 |
Chicago Sun-Times
An inept assembly of ill-matched plot points, meandering through a production that has attractive art direction (despite the immobile mouths).
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| 25 |
Miami Herald
Kevin Baxter
Skip the movie and pick up the videos at Toys R Us.
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| 20 |
Los Angeles Times
Lays thick, goopy layers of uplift on what should be lighter on the heart and stomach.
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| 20 |
Film.com
Only very small children are likely to be satisfied.
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| 20 |
LA Weekly
If you're above the target age of 5, Thomas may coax you into a naplike stupor.
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| 20 |
The New York Times
Mr. Baldwin's attack -- there's no better way to put it -- is unforgettable. He's the first shrunken narrator with a serial killer's swagger.
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| 20 |
Film.com
Nearly incomprehensible story.
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| 12 |
Mr. Showbiz
Disheveled tripe pieced together with the good intentions.
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| 10 |
Variety
All mish-mash.
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| 10 |
Washington Post
A big, fat clunker.
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| 0 |
New York Post
Skin-crawlingly awful.
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| 0 |
Portland Oregonian
An ugly and insipid film.
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| 0 |
Austin Chronicle
Even Amtrak hasn't seen a derailment this godawful in some time.
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