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  • 2022
  • PG
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Set in rural England against the backdrop of WW2 when children are flooding into the countryside to escape the bombing of industrial cities. With the help of Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter), a group of young evacuees are taken into her rural home and begin to settle into their new life. But when the children encounter a young soldier wh...

Directed By: Morgan Matthews

Written By: Daniel Brocklehurst, Jemma Rodgers, Lionel Jeffries, E. Nesbit

  • 2022
  • PG
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Blue Fox Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Railway Children

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Summary Set in rural England against the backdrop of WW2 when children are flooding into the countryside to escape the bombing of industrial cities. With the help of Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter), a group of young evacuees are taken into her rural home and begin to settle into their new life. But when the children encounter a young soldier wh...

Directed By: Morgan Matthews

Written By: Daniel Brocklehurst, Jemma Rodgers, Lionel Jeffries, E. Nesbit

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
54
20% Positive
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70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
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70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
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75
Sep 23, 2022
The setting, with many of the same locations from the first film, is used effectively; the peaceful, bucolic beauty of the countryside contrasts with the war news and underscoring the children’s adaptability and resolve.
By Nell Minow FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 25, 2022
It’s all perfectly inoffensive kids’ entertainment, but aside from the well-meaning but slightly jarring BLM messaging, it’s ploddingly predictable stuff.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 19, 2022
The new film is a plodding affair, characterised more by fastidious set dressing than by narrative tension.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 19, 2022
The Railway Children Return is part-sequel, part-remake, with a carefully selected smattering of callbacks for the fans.
By Clarisse Loughrey FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 23, 2022
Ultimately, Railway Children struggles a bit in balancing its tone and grand ambitions. However, for those looking for a sweet story about the power of friendship and childlike willfulness, this movie just might win them over.
By Rachel LaBonte FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 22, 2022
As a feature, it all feels very rushed and dramatically inert, with the outcome of Abe’s predicament visible from many, many miles off.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 27, 2022
It’s all harmless enough, and a lovely Yorkshire travelogue if nothing else.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company StudioCanal UK, Junction Films
Release Date Sep 23, 2022
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG
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Website https://www.bluefoxentertainment.com/films/railway-children
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