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Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

7.4

Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie

NR·2018·80m

Family

Animation

Adventure

Family

Animation

Adventure

Summary

Thomas leaves Sodor to fulfil his dream of seeing the world. This heroic quest takes Thomas across deserts, through jungles and over dangerous mountains as he travels across five continents seeing sights he has never seen before.

Cast

Joseph May

Thomas (voice)

Peter Andre

Ace (voice)

David Bedella

Victor (voice)

Richie Campbell

African Troublesome Trucks / Various Characters (voice)

Chipo Chung

African Troublesome Trucks / Various Characters (voice)

Jules de Jongh

Emily (voice)

Teresa Gallagher

Marion / Natalie / Arizona Diesel / Annie & Clarabel / Rio Crane (voice)

Bob Golding

Sidney (voice)

Yvonne Grundy

Nia (voice)

Rasmus Hardiker

Bill / Philip (voice)

Steven Kynman

Paxton (voice)

Rufus Jones

Flying Scotsman (voice)

Rachael Louise Miller

Angelique (voice)

Abubakar Salim

Kwaku/African Troublesome Trucks

Richie Campbell

African Troublesome Trucks / Various African Characters (voice)

Chipo Chung

African Troublesome Trucks / Various African Characters (voice)

Teresa Gallagher

Emily / Arizona Diesel / Annie and Clarabel / Rio Crane (voice)

Rasmus Hardiker

Philip (voice)

Akiya Henry

African Troublesome Trucks / Various African Characters (voice)

William Hope

Edward / Toby (voice)

Steven Kynman

Duck / Paxton (voice)

Dan Li

Yong Bao (voice)

Su Lin Looi

Chinese Diesel (voice)

David Menkin

Racing Car #3 / Cowboys (voice)

Lucy Montgomery

Carly / Cowgirls (voice)

Nigel Pilkington

Percy (voice)

Eliud Gabriel Porras

Carlos / Brazilian Steam Engine / Coffee Trucks (voice)

Rob Rackstraw

James / The Thin Clergyman / African Race Announcer (voice)

Christopher Ragland

Percy / Racing Car #4 / Cowboys (voice)

Abubakar Salim

Kwaku / Various African Characters (voice)

Kerry Shale

Henry / Gordon / Beau / Diesel / Harold / Mr. Percival (voice)

Nicola Stapleton

Rosie (voice)

Tim Whitnall

Douglas / Oliver / Bill / Timothy / Moai (voice)

Keith Wickham

Sir Topham Hatt / Dowager Hatt / Mr. Percival (voice)

Matt Wilkinson

Ben / Cranky / Tony / American Crane (voice)

Glenn Wrage

Cranky (voice)

Patricia Kihoro

Coffee Trucks / African Troublesome Trucks / Male Racing Cars

Crew

Director

David Stoten

Writer

Andrew Brenner

Writer

Reverend W. Awdry

Reviews

chishnfips87

May 24, 2024

Big World Big Adventures is frustratingly bad. Both the movie and seasons 22, 23, and 24 that followed it. It is _legitimately_ bad. Because it is _legitimately_ why the series ended.

The target audience wasn't satisfied because this A: this content already exists (i.e. Paw Patrol, Minions, etc.), and B: the show was lazily marketed because it was barely aired on Nick Jr. or released on DVD or streaming until almost a year after it came out.

The fans (myself included) _definitely_ weren't happy because they show they've grown up with went from being a down-to-earth, easygoing story to loud, campy, neon-colored brainrot.

BWBA (both the movie and seasons 22-24) ranks low for me because loses both of its intended audiences because of both its poor marketing and outlandishly hard-to-watch execution.

The part that hurts the most: It could've worked perfectly.

Friendly reminder: Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends is, and always has been a show about trains, right? Right.

So, if Thomas is travelling the world, we could learn about China's bullet trains, or India's mountain railways. But instead, we pretty much learn the stereotypical aspects of each countries. I'd _much_ rather learn about the different railways that exist. And _that_ would've been the show's niche. Simply put, the show's niche is gone. And because of that, alongside poor sales and criticism, the show has ended.

In summary, BWBA fails in almost every way, and I don't recommend it. In my eyes, Season 21 is where the series ended.