The Station Agent R

Loneliness is much better when you have got someone to share it with.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 10, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: Lions Gate

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User Ratings: 34,747
The Station Agent is little more than a three-character, metaphorically burdened off-Broadway play, but Peter Dinklage's understated performance gives it a bit of substance. Full Review
Film Comment Magazine
Apr 10, 2018
...Quite wonderful....Sophisticated entertainment, made with a gift for character...
Los Angeles Times
Oct 3, 2003
...The performances by Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale are wonderfully subtle and piercing...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Nov 1, 2003
Rating: 1.5/4 -- There isn't a character, location or situation in The Station Agent that could exist anywhere other than in a screenplay. Full Review
LarsenOnFilm
Jul 21, 2011
...Writer-director Tom McCarthy has a gift for funny and touching nuance...The three actors could not be better. Huge feelings are packed into this small, fragile movie. It's something special...
Rolling Stone
Oct 16, 2003
...Yes, this is a comedy, but it's also sad, and finally it's simply a story about trying to figure out what you love to do and then trying to figure out how to do it...
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 17, 2003
For the first time in his career, Dinklage was allowed to play someone with dimension, passion, and an identity beyond his physical attributes, and he makes the most of it. Full Review
Seanax.com
Jun 17, 2016

Product Description:

When his friend and coworker suddenly dies, train enthusiast Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) inherits an abandoned railway station in rural New Jersey. A dwarf who avoids social contact whenever possible, Fin treks out to the property and moves in. However, his newly isolated life is disrupted by Joe (Bobby Cannavale), the outgoing operator of a roadside refreshment stand, and Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a reclusive artist who is grieving the loss of her son. As Joe and Olivia slowly bring Fin out of his shell, all three people are affected by their newfound friendships.

Written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, THE STATION AGENT wonderfully mixes drama and comedy in a beautiful countryside setting. Although the storyline acknowledges that the main character is a dwarf and refers to this on numerous occasions, there is much more to the character of Fin McBride than his short stature. As Fin, Dinklage gives an outstandingly nuanced performance, one that is perfectly complemented by Cannavale's happy-go-lucky Joe and Clarkson's mourning Olivia. The movie also features excellent supporting turns by Michelle Williams and Raven Goodwin. Touching but never sappy, THE STATION AGENT is a charming film that easily joins the ranks of other quirky rural dramas such as WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE' and THE STRAIGHT STORY.

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  • UPC: 031398213826
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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