Movie

Rails & Ties

2007 · 101 min

A quiet, sorrowful drama that aches with loss and slowly warms as broken strangers become a family.

Tagline: When life comes apart, love puts it back together.
Overview: A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, found family, death, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
found family
death
guilt
healing
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none