My brother used to love Thomas when he was younger, and he is 3 years younger than me. This movie came out when he was 5, and I saw it for the first time in years, and I wish I never did. It was a totally embarrassing experience. The first problem was that it was too americanised. Mara Wilson? Peter Fonda? Alec Baldwin? These are three really good actors, and they were completely wasted in this movie. Remember, Thomas is British, so the casting was clumsy. The script was terrible, full of too many clichés, and awful one-liners. There was an attempt to liven it up, but it was no use. The damage had already been done. The only other movie I can think of, that has a truly bad script, is "Addams Family Reunion". After seeing this, I have changed my mind about which deserves a Razzie for Worst Screenplay. This one bites the dust. Although there weren't many songs, the songs I heard were just ghastly. Just pop wannabes improvising a tune that didn't suit the film at all. Lastly, the story was totally uninspired, and almost all of it was about humans. Only a segment was about trains. This movie was a huge embarrassment for me. Avoid! 2/10. Bethany Cox

I used to love the TV series as a kid, I almost never missed it, so I decided to see this film both to see if there was any resemblance, and why the critics hate it, from director Britt Allcroft (who created the show). Basically the supply of gold dust, for travel between Shining Time and the island of Sodor, is running out for Mr. Conductor (Alec Baldwin). It doesn't help when Thomas the Tank Engine (Edward Glen) and friends are being attacked by the nasty Diesel 10 (Neil Crone),who also wants to find the missing train Lady (Allcroft) and the Magic Railroad it runs on. Trying to help the situation are Mr. C's slacker cousin (Michael E. Rodgers),new friend Lily (slightly deeper voiced Mara Wilson),and her grandpa Burnett Stone (Peter Fonda),who has lost his belief in the magic of Lady. That's about it. Also starring Cody McMains as Patch, Grease's Didi Conn as Stacy Jones, Crone as Gordon, Colm Feore as Toby, Linda Ballantyne as Percy, Kevin Frank as Bertie the Bus, Harold the Helicopter and Henry, Susan Roman as James and Shelley Skinner as Annie and Clarabel. No Fat Controller!? Maybe if Ringo Starr or Michael Angelis had returned to do all the characters voice, it could have improved it the tiniest bit. Then again, nothing can improve the ridiculous story, the stupid acting, the dreadful songs, and the feel that it is nothing like the TV series, even if it looks the same, it's just one of the worst TV adaptations ever. Very poor!

SUCKS. This film sucked big time. I don't think I have seen a film this bad since last years Inspector Gadget (in fact, I think that film actually had better acting by comparison). Yet, I'm sure that kids might like it, if they have not brains. I might've been able to appreciate it a little more, mainly when I heard Shining Time Station was in the movie, I thought they would have George Carlin as Mr. Conductor (who made the TV show 9 years ago a treat) and might make this film not too bad. But no, they bring in Alec Baldwin, who destroys the film with his dumb ass performance (at least if they had Carlin playing Mr. Conductor there might've been a little credibility). And to add insult to injury (even though I was OK physically at the end of this film),Peter Fonda, who is usually cool, gives such a depressing performance it makes Angus from the movie Angus look like, uh, the f***ing conductor from this film. I think this film should've been left on the cutting room floor (and I don't say that often). I'm sorry, but I think films so stupid that they make Pokemon look like Being John Malkovich, should be put to death. The worst film of 2000. F