You don’t need me to say it again. Netflix’s Train Dreams is a stellar piece of work, one of the best movies of the year, and I think the streamer’s best shot at an Academy Award for Best Picture. The quiet frontier drama also features a performance by Joel Edgerton that is gentle and reserved on the surface, but by the time the credits roll, you come to see how profound it truly was.
The new trailer for Train Dreams has arrived, and it is a wonderful reminder of how beautiful and wistful this movie is. Set in the early 20th century, Edgerton plays a lonely day laborer who spends most of his life building railroads across America. But this ordinary, everyday life turns out to be rather extraordinary with the places he goes and the people he meets along the way.
Joining Edgerton in the cast are Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., and Paul Schneider.
The duo of Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar teamed up on Train Dreams. Bentley directed and co-wrote the script with Kwedar. They previously worked together on two other festival favorites: Jockey in 2021, and Sing Sing in 2023.
Train Dreams hits Netflix tomorrow, November 21st. Don’t miss it.
