At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
A generally charming experience that's ultimately restricted by its structure. The Railway Children seems like it would make a decent children's TV series. There's a certain charm to watching these children moving from an insular bourgeois household to growing to learn about having responsibility to society and their fellow humans. However, it is clear the source material (a serialised novel) doesn't lend itself well to a filmic structure and this film proves it. For those unaware, the plot follows a family called 'Ther Waterburys', who end up moving from an affluent London suberb to an impoverished Oakley household after the father is arrested on suspicion of being a spy. From this point on there an episodic series of events relating to the local railway. As a movie experience it can feel a little unsatisfying at times considering the events barely impact on eachother and as an experience occasionally left me wanting in terms of feeling like the storyline was progressing. One si
