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Critic William Thomas
rated 8

...a small but sprawling comedy of manners that ignores the temptations of cheap melodrama to take us off the map to a place seldom visited by its peers.

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Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

...den stilfærdige og afdæmpede beretning om Fin, som arver en gammel stationsbygning langt ude på landet.

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Cast & Crew

Tom McCarthy
Director
Tom McCarthy
Writer
Richard Kind
As Louis Tiboni
Patricia Clarkson
As Olivia Harris
Bobby Cannavale
As Joe Oramas
Peter Dinklage
As Finbar McBride

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The Station Agent tells the story of a man, Finbar McBride, who moves to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, hoping to live a solitary life. However, his new neighbors - a chatty hot dog vendor, Joe, and an artist, Olivia - disrupt his isolation in unexpected ways. Through their interactions, Finbar learns that human connection may not be as unpleasant as he thought, but their tentative friendship is threatened by Olivia's deep depression and a tragic event. The film explores loneliness, grief, friendship, love, loss, reconciliation through Finbar's journey as he learns that even the most solitary person may need others to survive..

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The Station Agent was released in theaters on December 5, 2003.