The Railway Children Return
This British war drama follows a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
2022Rating: PG, violence, racism theme, threat, language, rude humour, dangerous behaviour95 minsUKSTUDIOCANAL (UK + EIRE)
DramaWar
The Railway Children Return | Reviews
The Times
The bedrock appeal of the entire project, besides a plethora of grounded youth performances... is its unapologetic embrace of the old-fashioned storytelling tropes.
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The Telegraph
It’s a sweet, touching tale, with moments of nicely judged, age-appropriate peril...
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Sight & Sound
It’s a shame... that the film goes so hard on pushing the myth of a progressive England that it sells its primary audience short.
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Variety
(It piles) nostalgia upon nostalgia upon nostalgia into a triple-layered Victorian sponge of particularly English sweetness...
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The Irish Times
The new film is a plodding affair, characterised more by fastidious set dressing than by narrative tension.
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Daily Mail
If this picture never quite recaptures the charm and innocence of the five-star original, it succeeds in evoking its spirit.
Full reviewThe Railway Children Return | Release Details
The Railway Children Return is now playing in 395 cinemas in the United Kingdom.