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Synopsis

Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.

Cast

  • Joel Edgerton
  • Clifton Collins Jr.
  • Felicity Jones
  • Alfred Hsing
  • David Paul Olsen
  • John Patrick Lowrie
  • Chuck Tucker
  • Rob Price
  • Paul Schneider
  • Brandon Lindsay
Moviegoers are saying
This contemplative drama divides audiences between those who find profound beauty in its meditative exploration of time, loss, and humanity's place in nature, and others who struggle with its deliberately quiet, philosophical pace. Joel Edgerton delivers what many consider his career-best performance as a logger grappling with life's impermanence against the backdrop of an ever-changing landscape.
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Meditative
Nature-Epic
Existential
Tear-Jerker
Contemplative
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Metacritic

88
Dec 5, 2025

Time takes on a different tenor in Train Dreams, in which the life of an early 20th-century logger in Idaho both flits by in a blink and makes an eternal mark.

Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
100
Jan 31, 2025

In telling the seemingly unremarkable life story of one ordinary man, Clint Bentley’s trancelike film, based on Denis Johnson’s acclaimed 2012 novella, ruminates on the interconnectedness of all things, but it wears its metaphysics lightly.

Metacritic review by Bilge Ebiri
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine (Vulture)
75
Jan 30, 2025

Train Dreams is a quiet, resilient work that will most likely age gracefully.

Metacritic review by Dan Mecca
Dan Mecca
The Film Stage