I have just watched this as a TV movie. Thank goodness I didn't pay cinema prices for myself and family. Absolutely dreadful. Seems to have been totally rewritten and so many deviations from the lovely original story. It's a party political broadcast in so many parts . I certainly don't recall so much violence and rude children . Plus Americans written into the story line. A lot of these film re writes should just be left as they are rarely anywhere near the original. The scenery is of course beautiful, the old trains amazing, some of the actors just about OK but in general very poor. Very surprised Jenny reprised a role. In all very disappointing.
Review of Railway Children
