Sweetened version of Final Fantasy

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2004)

Animation reality is (almost) as good as Final Fantasy though, obviously, not as dark. However, certainly has an 'edge' to the movie. Not your typical holiday fluff. Tom Hanks proves his ranger once again and does another incredible job, especially as the ghostly hobo and conductor - to be honest, until I read the credits I did not know he was the character behind the boy also. Though not with the Hollywood'd theatrics, I am sure this movie will entice many to check out the 'real' Polar Express, a train that departs from Cochrane, Alberta (Canada) and goes north to the Arctic - unfortunate that same does not travel in the winter.