The Station Agent: Critic Reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

75

Strange, often funny film.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

80

A delicate, thoughtful and often hilarious take on loneliness.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

Full Review » 8 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

75

A very likable but -- make no mistake -- modest first feature.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

A slower-moving but powerfully absorbing drama.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

The best advice to filmgoers who appreciate smart, mature, humanist movies is, simply, Go.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

Dinklage's face and demeanor, his sense of solitude, ballasts some of the film's loonier episodes. There's always something on his mind, and you're always wondering what it is.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Laura Sinagra Village Voice (Top Critic)

It's Dinklage who ensures that the film skirts mawkishness.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

88

This Sundance winner deserves every accolade it's earned so far for the way the director and his cast sidestep the script's inherent obstacles of eccentricity and whimsy.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Full Review » 7 years ago
Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

75

Slight, sweet and smart, it's a modest crowd-pleaser that doesn't make you feel like a yahoo for cheering, and it displays a mastery of tone that the big boys would do well to study.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael Booth Denver Post (Top Critic)

88

There's a lot to discover in The Station Agent. New faces, terrific acting, gentle directing and more than a few geeky train facts.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Allison Benedikt Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

[A] beautifully sincere, character-driven film.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

88

Like the best sort of short story, The Station Agent captures lives in fleeting, but telling, moments.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

A small movie with a big heart.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Kathy Cano Murillo Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

80

It's a gem to savor.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

Mr. Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in the fascinating reticence of his face.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Rex Reed New York Observer (Top Critic)

This exemplary debut film by writer-director Thomas McCarthy has a fine sense of comic timing and a rare generosity of spirit.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 4 years ago
Megan Lehmann New York Post (Top Critic)

88

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.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

80

The Station Agent's gentle wit and hard-won insights feel like the product of someone who has observed the world around him with an empathetic eye.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

75

The kind of film that's sentimental but not sloppy, that invites you into its warm heart without offending your cynical head.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)

The Station Agent never leaves its sleepy patch of New Jersey. But when it's over, you know you've been somewhere.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Edelstein Slate (Top Critic)

[A] blessedly serene comedy.
Full Review » 9 years ago