Rails & Ties

How do we know this is what hes doing His friends and co workers tell him its what hes doing. ( Read More )

Maitland McDonagh

Levy and Eastwood work the railroad metaphor for all its worth, beginning with the title, which manages to be simultaneously obscure and, after youve seen the film, painfully obvious oh, right, its about making tracks vs. family ties.Um, clever. ( Read More )

Jeffrey M. Anderson

In presenting heavy material like cancer, suicide and orphaned children, one needs a light touch to counter balance it, but the younger Eastwood tells her story with sledgehammer blows. ( Read More )

Mark Dujsik

Rails & Ties is ultimately too clunky with its plotting and insincere about its characters to affect on any level. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

Sometimes theres a movie that has better things in it than the underlying material deserves. ( Read More )