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The Railway Children Return (2022)

PG 07/15/2022 Drama, Family, Adventure 1h 35m
65%
User
Score
5.5/10
57%
54/100

A new adventure begins.

Overview

Follow 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.

Daniel Brocklehurst

Writer

Edith Nesbit

Characters

Morgan Matthews

Director

Part of the The Railway Children Collection

Includes The Railway Children Return and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Smith

Annie Waterbury

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Uncle Walter

Beau Gadsdon

Beau Gadsdon

Lily Watts

KJ Aikens

KJ Aikens

Abe

Austin Haynes

Austin Haynes

Thomas Waterbury

Eden Hamilton

Eden Hamilton

Pattie Watts

Zac Cudby

Zac Cudby

Ted Watts

John Bradley

John Bradley

Richard Perks

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Media

Official US Trailer

Official US Trailer

Jenny Agutter plays a game of trivia inspired by THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Jenny Agutter plays a game of trivia inspired by THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Costumes in THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Featurette

Costumes in THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Featurette

The cast of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN play This or That

The cast of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN play This or That

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Trains Featurette

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Trains Featurette

John Bradley and Tom Courtenay play TRAIN OR NOT A TRAIN | THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN

John Bradley and Tom Courtenay play TRAIN OR NOT A TRAIN | THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN

Sheridan Smith and Jenny Agutter play a game of THIS OR THAT | The Railway Children Return

Sheridan Smith and Jenny Agutter play a game of THIS OR THAT | The Railway Children Return

Francis Bourgeois | Viral TikTok trainspotting star at the premiere of The Railway Children Return

Francis Bourgeois | Viral TikTok trainspotting star at the premiere of The Railway Children Return

THE RAILWAY CHILDRE RETURN - History Featurette - The Battle of Bamber Bridge and more

THE RAILWAY CHILDRE RETURN - History Featurette - The Battle of Bamber Bridge and more

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Then and Now Featurette - Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith and more

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN - Then and Now Featurette - Jenny Agutter, Sheridan Smith and more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 22, 2022

Whilst I certainly felt a twinge of nostalgia whilst watching this film, I did wonder just why it was made. The original Lionel Jeffries film (1970) had a charm to it that was as much about a sense of "Britishness" and was simple, thoughtful and engaging. This latter day effort has a darker storyline that though certainly worth telling, doesn't really fit with the overall slightly lethargic timbre of the plot. A family of kids are evacuated from the bombing-prone Manchester to a small village in Yorkshire where they are adopted - after a process that seemed very random and quite risky for the evacuees - by "Bobbie" (Jenny Agutter) who lives with her daughter "Annie" (Sheridan Smith) and her young son "Thomas" (Austin Haynes). For some reason there are a few Amercian soldiers billeted in th...

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