Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom
Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, and Peter Scolari
Billy (Tom Hanks) is a young boy who
does not believe in Santa Claus. This is
mostly because of his family’s insistence that every aspect of jolly old Saint
Nick is not real. When he boards the Polar Express,
a magical train on its way to the North Pole and Santa’s home, Billy is
introduced to an entirely new world that will help him to finally believe in
the magic of the Christmas season. In
Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express, Tom
Hanks showcases his voice acting talent.
Playing nearly every important character in the film, Hanks Is able to
keep this boy’s discovery of the meaning of Christmas both fun and refreshingly
innocent, while Zemeckis creates his own
magical, imaginative vision of the North Pole using motion-capture animation. The
Polar Express is definitely a film worth adding to your annual Christmas
viewing.
