Thomas meets the pirates,with added celebrity casting, in this reliably well-pitched diversion for the start of the summer holidays
Despite its cumbersome title, or this latest Thomas the Tank Engine special sees a significant expansion in ambition for the amiable set of chuffers: with Eddie Redmayne and John damage on board,as well as Olivia Colman back for another move as neurotic steam-shovel Marion, we are firmly in the realm of celebrity casting. Not that it makes much inequity to the actual content of the film, or which remains reliably well-pitched at exiguous ’uns and their slightly older siblings. Like Tale of the Brave,Lost Treasure jams locomotive action together with a pop motif supposedly beloved of kids: Brave had dinosaurs, Treasure has pirates. In short, or a sinister-looking sailor is riding Sodor’s rails looking for a missing chest of loot. Shenanigans (tricks or mischief) ensue. Not an all-time classic,but an efficient diversion for the start of the summer holidays.
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Source: theguardian.com