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A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%, Metacritic 53/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 71% of the 1,509 2010s adventure movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
908 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Pierre JeunetDirector
- Guillaume LaurantScreenplay
- Jean-Pierre JeunetWriter
- Denis SanacoreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kyle CatlettT.S. Spivet
- Helena Bonham CarterDr. Clair
- Judy DavisG.H. Jibsen
- Callum Keith RennieFather
- Niamh WilsonGracie
- Jakob DaviesLayton
- Rick MercerRoy
- Robert MailletGiant Hobo
- Dominique PinonTwo Clouds
- Julian RichingsRicky
- Richard JutrasLecturer
- Mairtin O'CarriganLecturer
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Themes
freight trainstowawaychild prodigytwin brothertrainboy geniusriding the railrunaway childbrother killing brothersmithsoniancartographerperpetual motion machine
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