The Station Agent
When his only friend and co-worker dies, Fin McBride, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in Newfoundland, New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with Olivia Harris, a clumsy divorced woman who grieves the death of her beloved son Sam and Joe Oramas, an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor. After some days, the weird trio becomes friends.
10 August 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1938, Pelion, South Carolina, USA
22 November 1956, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
19 May 1965, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
24 June 1992, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
17 March 1982
5 September 1992, New Jersey, USA
3 May 1970, Union City, New Jersey, USA
7 August 1961, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA
11 June 1969, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
16 April 1987, Suffern, New York, USA
29 December 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 September 1980, Kalispell, Montana, USA
2 December 1970, Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
21 June 1964, New York City, New York, USA
20 May 1965, New York City, New York, USA
13 August 1962, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 March 1974, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
31 July 1975, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
December 29, 2010
A quiet joy with breathtaking performances.
December 31, 2003
While many movies reintroduce us to the same old types, The Station Agent is an original -- you've never seen these people on screen before, and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintance.
October 17, 2003
As touching and original a movie as you're likely to see this year.
October 08, 2010
Peter Dinklage details Fin’s solitude in single glances, but his countenance also warms to eventual friendship. It’s an attenuated, reserved, realistic performance — bolstered when we learn Fin is silent because shouting only summons repressed rage.
June 16, 2016
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.
February 26, 2004
Mr. Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in the fascinating reticence of his face.
November 15, 2003
The Station Agent never leaves its sleepy patch of New Jersey. But when it's over, you know you've been somewhere.
July 21, 2011
There isn't a character, location or situation in The Station Agent that could exist anywhere other than in a screenplay.
June 14, 2009
...a sweet art film that is unapologetic as it is memorable. Peter Dinklage's performance is poetic and pure as any you will ever observe on screen or off.
November 06, 2003
It's a gem to savor.
September 03, 2010
a charmingly simple character study
November 09, 2003
The powerfully understated charmer, The Station Agent, is nothing more - and nothing less -- than the quiet study of a gently unfurling friendship between three misfits.
