<P> While he was working on the screenplay, co-writer Frank Cottrell Boyce travelled to Berwick - upon - Tweed in Northumberland with Firth to meet 91 - year - old Lomax . Firth said of the film: "I think what is not often addressed is the effect over time . We do sometimes see stories about what it's like coming home from war, we very rarely see stories about what it's like decades later . This is not just a portrait of suffering . It's about relationships...how that damage interacts with intimate relationships, with love ." </P> <P> Rachel Weisz was originally to play Patti, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with re-shoots for other films . </P> <P> Shooting began in April 2012 in Edinburgh and North Berwick in East Lothian and St Monans in Fife, and later in Thailand and Ipswich, Queensland, Australia . </P> <P> On Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film has a score of 66% based on reviews from 109 critics . The consensus reads: "Understated to a fault, The Railway Man transcends its occasionally stodgy pacing with a touching, fact - based story and the quiet chemistry of its stars ." At Metacritic, the film received a score of 59 / 100 based on 33 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". </P>

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