Monday 1 August 2005

The Station Agent (2003)

A film festival fave and winner of the audience prize at Sundance, this quiet little film depicts the coming together in their loneliness of a dwarf (Peter Dinklage), a woman grieving the death of her son (Patricia Clarkson), and a Cuban refreshment stand operator (Bobby Cannavale).  Dinklage has inherited a redundant rail station and the others gradually find communion in his train-spotting hobby.  There is the odd bit of drama and a great deal of sweet humour, but not much more.  One just enjoys one's time in their company.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aptly said - one of the better films of the current decade
Ralph Waldo Emerson