The Train Nation

The Train Nation is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Harald Zwart and written by Thomas Lennon. It stars Kristen Bell, Eugene Levy, Simon Pegg, Pierce Brosnan, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Dunst, and Patrick Stewart. It tells the story of a lady who visits an odd suburban known as "train nation". The film was released in the United States on February 1, 2008, by Rogue Pictures. It grossed $79 million worldwide.

Plot
Alice Crane is in the middle of putting her own apartment for sale. She retrieves a letter from Joseph King, who said that he would like her to visit an odd suburban known as "train nation". She wasn't interested in visiting here due to concerns about the suburban's biggest budget.

Alice then went on to deliver her package to her employees in order to pay to visit the train nation. After delivering a package, her friend Frannie came to convince Alice just to visit the suburban for her chance. Alice thinks that the suburban is not a good place for her to move. With no choice, Alice visits the train nation, which is headed by Joseph King. Joseph assigns a new apartment for Alice, with Gary checking her package. He tells Alice that she cannot keep the package with her, which led her being concerned about the new strict rules in the suburban. She then finds her new apartment home in the suburban.

Meanwhile, Merry was planning to give Alice a little surprise. She makes a present in her factory to sent a package to Alice's new apartment. Alice finds a package from Merry, but after opening it, she realized she got a trap. She contacts train nation executive Bradley that she got a misleading present. Bradley hears her request and he makes a present that makes it more convincing to her. While waiting, Alice met Arnold, a neighbor that was close to her new apartment. She has a conversation until another package has arrived. She opens another one and she got a card that can be used to pay more money once she leaves the train nation.

Three weeks later, Joseph King invites all the customers in the dinner party, including Crane and Gary. While the customers and chief executives were having a conversation, Merry seeks to capture more customers as well as chief executives Joseph King and Bradley. After they finish the conversation, Merry captures Gary, Arnold, and Frannie. She tries to capture the executives, but Alice realizes that Merry is trying to take over the train nation and she lets the executives know that Merry is breaking the rules. Both then kick Merry out and she is now prohibited from the train nation. Both executives congratulate Alice for being a trustworthy visitor and asked her if she can stay here. Crane has now decided to stay in the suburban.

Cast

 * Kristen Bell as Alice Crane
 * Eugene Levy as Joseph King
 * Simon Pegg as Gary
 * Pierce Brosnan as Arnold
 * Maya Rudolph as Merry
 * Kirsten Dunst as Frannie
 * Patrick Stewart as Bradley

Production
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Release
Originally slated for a fall 2007 release by Rogue Pictures, the film was moved up to February 1, 2008 in the United States.

Home media
The Train Nation was released on DVD on May 20, 2008 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It was originally gonna have an HD DVD release, but it was later scrapped as Atonement was the last HD DVD released by Universal.

Box office
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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76%, based on 62 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has an average weighed score of 60 out of 100, based on 20 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.