Terrible. The book is much better.

Rating: 3/10 (27 June 2006)

The Polar Express tells the story of a young boy who is beginning to lose his faith in Santa Claus. Then, on Christmas Eve, a magical train filled with other unbelieving children pulls up in front of his house to take him to the North Pole. Along the way, the children get into adventures until the meet Santa and learn the true meaning of Christmas. This film is terribly done and butchers the classic children's book.
The book was so simple and great. It was a short length, and yet it covered so much. The boy gets on the train, there's a few pages of the journey, and when he arrives in the North Pole, he meets Santa Claus right away. Turning this story into a 2 hour movie was a big mistake. The film makers had to add so many ridiculous things to make the movie 2 hours, that the plot was too stupid to function. The movie is visually dazzling, I'll give it that, but the pointless additions to the story completely bog the movie down.
As for acting, it kind of annoyed me that every voice in the movie was Tom Hanks. Maybe he could have changed his voice a little to make it unrecognizable. Also, maybe his name was too big for this movie.
Overall, this movie has too many pointless plot points that make it boring compared to the book.
3/10