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Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

2018 · 80 min

A bright, breezy globe-trotting adventure that feels like a playful cartoon journey, with gentle lessons about friendship and never giving up.

Directed by
David Stoten
Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure
Overview
Thomas leaves Sodor to fulfil his dream of seeing the world. This heroic quest takes Thomas across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains as he travels across five continents seeing sights he has never seen before.

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Directed by
David Stoten
Genres
Family, Animation, Adventure
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • exploration
  • identity
  • redemption
  • loyalty
Places
  • road trip
  • wilderness
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour5
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

In this series

Thomas & Friends Collection

  1. Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!Movie · 2006
  2. Thomas & Friends: The Great DiscoveryMovie · 2008
  3. Thomas & Friends: Hero of the RailsMovie · 2009
  4. Thomas & Friends: Misty Island RescueMovie · 2010
  5. Thomas & Friends: Day of the DieselsMovie · 2011
  6. Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain MysteryMovie · 2012
  7. Thomas & Friends: King of the RailwayMovie · 2013
  8. Thomas & Friends: Tale of the BraveMovie · 2014
  9. Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The MovieMovie · 2015
  10. Thomas & Friends: The Great RaceMovie · 2016
  11. Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond SodorMovie · 2017
  12. Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The MovieMovie · 2018 This title

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Genres
family, animation, adventure
Directed by
David Stoten
Written by
Andrew Brenner
Starring
John Hasler, Keith Wickham, Rob Rackstraw, Nigel Pilkington, Steven Kynman, Teresa Gallagher, Tim Whitnall, Matt Wilkinson
Music
Chris Renshaw
Runtime
80 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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