Top billed cast

1. 

   Tom Hanks

   Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

2. 

   Leslie Zemeckis

   Sister Sarah / Mother

3. 

   Eddie Deezen

   Know-It-All

4. 

   Nona Gaye

   Hero Girl (voice)

5. 

   Peter Scolari

   Billy / Lonely Boy

6. 

   Michael Jeter

   Smokey / Steamer

7. 

   Josh Hutcherson

   Hero Boy (motion capture)

8. 

   Daryl Sabara

   Hero Boy (voice)

9. 

   Jimmy Bennett

   Lonely Boy (voice)

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-12-19

Watching The Polar Express is not an annual event for me, but I believe I have seen it three times and would not nix the idea if someone were to suggest watching it again. I feel a connection to it for an odd reason: my wife and I volunteered one Christmas season to be elves serving cocoa and dancing for an actual Polar Express narrow gauge train ride when we lived in Maine. (Though I can assure you our dancing was not as acrobatic as what you see in this movie.)

The animation feels a little odd at first, but I stop noticing it each time I watch it. The story turns the train trip to the No...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$165,000,000.00

Revenue
$318,432,432.00

Keywords

• faith
• holiday
• santa claus
• nerd
• bell
• train
• beard
• north pole
• trestle
• ticket
• train travel
• motion capture
• christmas
• 3d animation
• cheerful
• xmas