Train Dreams (2025) - MOVIE REVIEW | Netflix

09/11/2025 20 min

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Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, an adaptation of a novella of the same name, has finally hit select cinemas around the globe. I had the chance to see this beautiful movie about a month ago at the BFI London Film Festival and I’ve been dying to talk about it but I wanted you guys to at least have the opportunity to seek the film out immediately after hearing me rave about it and… I wanted to see it again! Stick around to find out why I think this is one of 2025’s best movies!Train Dreams:Directed by: Clint BentleyScreenplay by: Clint Bentley, Greg KwederBased on the novella by: Denis JohnsonProduced by: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy SchwarzmanExecutive Producers: Joel Edgerton, John Friedberg, Scott Hinckley, Greg KwederMusic by: Bryce DessnerDirector of Photography: Adolpho VelosoEdited by: Parker LaramieCasting by: Nike Imoru, Avy KaufmanProduction Design by: Alexandra SchallerCostume Design by: Dakota Keller, Malgosia TurzanskaCast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Joens, Kerry Condon, Paul Schneider, Clifton Collins Jr., Will Patton, William H. MacySynopsis: 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.