‘Train Dreams’ shows us how nice it would be if men didn’t make their grief everyone else’s problem

The new film Train Dreams from director Clint Bentley explores one man’s grief and how he copes with the pain of loss. Robert (Joel Edgerton) is just a man who wanted to do right by his family. But there is one important thing Train Dreams teaches us: Men don’t have to make their problems everyone else’s.

While watching Train Dreams, it was abduntantly clear that Robert’s story is one that is heartbreaking. But one thing I will say about this movie is that it features a man who doesn’t make his own pain the problem of people around him. Meaning that, unlike many men out there, Robert isn’t going to lash out because of what happened.