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Train Dreams

Train Dreams

Drama · 2025

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

Movie details

Train Dreams

“The extraordinary story of an ordinary life.”

2025 Drama 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.5 / 10

101.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

88 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Train Dreams?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Clint Bentley

Written by

Clint Bentley · Greg Kwedar

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Robert Grainier

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones

Gladys Grainier

Nathaniel Arcand

Nathaniel Arcand

Ignatius Jack

Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr.

Boomer

John Diehl

John Diehl

Billy

Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider

Apostle Frank

Kerry Condon

Kerry Condon

Claire Thompson

Court is in session

Put Train Dreams on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.