The Station Agent is about loneliness, change and friendship. Sounds corny right? It’s not. The characters are developed, they have their own reasons for the choices they make and nothing feels forced, neither actions or conversations. It’s a small and wonderful movie about a little man that moves out of the city and his comfort zone when his only friend dies, moves to said friend’s old train station and sets his life there. From there on it follows his social interactions with a slew of people, the relationships he forms with them. Oh, and the little man? Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), who pulls off a great performance, albeit a quiet one.
"None of the central performers put a foot wrong; Dinklage excels as a burdened man who is angry, tired, and tough."
— Anthony Lane
"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."
— Amy Taubin
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
BAFTA
1 win
SAG Awards
3 nominations
Spirit Awards
3 wins, 1 nomination
Sundance
3 wins
WGA
1 nomination
Nat. Board of Review
2 wins
Watched this last night, very funny and very moving, highly recommended
One of my favorites.