Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- nostalgic
- sincere
- gentle
- family movie night
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film amiable and nostalgia-driven, but only moderately successful as a sequel and wartime family drama.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The children are evacuated from bombing-prone Manchester to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War.
Jenny Agutter reprises Roberta Waterbury, while the story returns to the railway-centered family tradition of the earlier film.
The evacuated children encounter Abe, a young soldier who is also far from home.
Trains and the Yorkshire railway setting organize the children's movement and their encounters.
Films like The Railway Children Return, and why
The Railway Children
family-oriented wartime drama centered on displaced children, kindness, and nostalgic british settings
Goodnight Mister Tom
gentle historical family adventure involving children navigating wartime danger and friendship
The Secret Garden
nostalgic british family drama about children finding belonging amid social upheaval
Movie Details
- Director
- Morgan Matthews
- Release Date
- 2022-07-15
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (266)
Cast
- Jenny Agutter
- Sheridan Smith
- Tom Courtenay
- Beau Gadsdon
- KJ Aikens
- Austin Haynes
- Eden Hamilton
- Zac Cudby
- John Bradley
- Hugh Quarshie
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Angel Studios
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Railway Children Return about?
- Evacuated children find friendship, danger, and a sense of home in a Yorkshire village during wartime.
- What is The Railway Children Return like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Railway Children Return as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Railway Children Return violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Railway Children Return as mild.
- What did critics think of The Railway Children Return?
- Critics broadly found the film amiable and nostalgia-driven, but only moderately successful as a sequel and wartime family drama.
- Which films are like The Railway Children Return?
- Films with a similar feel include The Railway Children, Goodnight Mister Tom, and The Secret Garden.
- How long is The Railway Children Return?
- The Railway Children Return runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Railway Children Return?
- In United States, The Railway Children Return streams on Angel Studios.
