Our take
Train Dreams is a PG-13 Netflix period drama about a Pacific Northwest logger. A man is thrown from a bridge, logging accidents kill workers, and a revenge shooting occurs. A brief married sex scene has no nudity. Mild s-word and hell appear rarely. Forest fire peril and bereavement are heavy. Reflective teens and adults
Uplifting themes
Perseverance and finding meaning in hard lives
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Story (may spoil tone)
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Details
Violence Bridge killing, logging deaths, gun revenge, and fire peril
Bridge killing, logging deaths, gun revenge, and fire peril
Language Rare hell and s-word under shock
Rare hell and s-word under shock
Sex / nudity Kissing and a brief married sex scene without nudity
Kissing and a brief married sex scene without nudity
Drugs / alcohol Tobacco and brief drinking in period setting
Tobacco and brief drinking in period setting
Frightening Forest fire search and sudden deaths are unsettling
Forest fire search and sudden deaths are unsettling
Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title
No self-harm found in this title
Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title
No sexual violence found in this title
Child peril / abuse No child peril found in this title
No child peril found in this title
Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title
No bullying found in this title
Gore / death / weapons Logging deaths, a revenge shooting, and fire peril. Gore stays limited
Logging deaths, a revenge shooting, and fire peril. Gore stays limited
Dangerous behaviour No dangerous behavior found in this title
No dangerous behavior found in this title
Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title
No eating found in this title
Mental health No mental health found in this title
No mental health found in this title
Gambling No gambling found in this title
No gambling found in this title
Grief / bereavement Orphanhood, widowhood, and family loss recur
Orphanhood, widowhood, and family loss recur
Talk after watching
- Robert lives with constant loss in the early 1900s. How do people endure repeated grief?
- Logging and railroad work were dangerous. What does honest work cost?
- The film is quiet and meditative. How does slow pacing change how we feel violence?