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Amazon Inspire Digital Educational Resources. Yes, not a lot is going on this film but that exactly the appeal. View All Photos Retrieved March 20, Retrieved May 23, For his writing achievement, McCarthy won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Various Does this movie require a description? The website's critical consensus states, "A sweet and quirky film about a dwarf, a refreshment stand operator, and a reclusive artist connecting with one another. A wonderful film about the human condition. As Fin becomes more comfortable with others' intimacies, others pull back and leave him alone again, silently regretting that he'd left himself so vulnerable. This is single handedly the funniest movie ever made that stars a midget. McCarthy goes off key in only one scene, in a bar where Fin drinks himself into a stupor and drunkenly harangues the crowd. The set-up for 'The Station Agent' could have led to any number of serious pitfalls, given its potential for unbridled quirkiness and feel-good sentimentality However, McCarthy has managed to walk that fine line between preciousness and charm, contrivance and originality, calculation and spontaneity.

As a result of his dwarfism, he has been on the receiving end of too much cruelty, sometimes thoughtless but all too often intentional, so all he wants is to be left alone. Olivia, Joe, and Fin share a meal at Olivia's house, their conversation filled with some small talk and reconciliation. Only one complaint- too short. July 10, 1: It's a wonderful motif to have with these characters- most especially for Fin- who don't seem to go anywhere much, and are content to watch them go by as they stay put in the town.