What a Waste!
This movie has everything going for it: a good brandname (Thomas), a captive audience (fans of the series), big names (Fonda and Baldwin), decent pictures, catchy tunes, and so on... Except one: good director!
Obviously the director cannot handle a big challenge of combining innocent ambiance of the series with a narrator and live actors who act. As a result, the story (uh oh, it's written by the director as well) feels so forced, and the actors were not sure how to act in a mixed media like this.
I'm a big fan of Thomas. I watch it every week, but I must say this movie is really a complete waste... resources wise and my time wise.