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Joel Edgerton: 'Train Dreams' Reflects 'Loving,' 'Warrior,' AI Fears
The film adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella follows Robert Grainier's life and grief, earning a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score after limited release and now streaming on Netflix.
- This year, Netflix added Train Dreams to its streaming catalogue, making the film available after festival and limited theatrical screenings.
- Premiering at Sundance earlier this year, the film adapts Denis Johnson's acclaimed novella and had a limited cinema release after its festival debut.
- Joel Edgerton leads the cast, delivering a widely praised understated performance; the film features Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, Kerry Condon and narration by Will Patton, directed by Clint Bentley.
- Positive reviews and aggregator praise position the film as a prominent year-end title, with Train Dreams securing an outstanding 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- By narrowing Denis Johnson's novella's episodic strangeness, the film centers on Robert Grainier's grief, trimming odd episodes, rewriting Kate as about 2, and recasting Kootenai Bob as Ignatius Jack.
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Edgerton makes thoughtful ‘Train Dreams’ an inviting ride
“Train Dreams” is a lovely, thoughtful ode to a different time in this country, as well as to a worker of that bygone era. Now streaming on Netflix, the quiet and intimate but also somewhat uneven film is the latest collaboration by the “Sing Sing” tandem of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar. With the former seated in the director’s chair this time, they co-wrote the film, adapting Denis Johnson’s acclaimed novella of the same name. “There were once…
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