the loggers were obliged to plant as many trees as they cut down
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Joel Edgerton stars as resilient logger Robert, who wrestles with tragedy in the Pacific Northwest.—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025 The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2025 Train Dreams Based on the novella of the same name, Train Dreams follows the life of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker struggling with daily life in 1920s America, from new fatherhood to the pitfalls of work.—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025 Train Dreams stars Joel Edgerton as a logger who is working to develop the railroad across the United States.—Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for logger
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