None of the central performers put a foot wrong; Dinklage excels as a burdened man who is angry, tired, and tough.

| Feb 24, 2023

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.

| Apr 10, 2018

Dinklage is a star, for sure, but the film is hypnotic because of its unusually certain and constantly delicate tone.

| Dec 18, 2017

A quiet joy with breathtaking performances.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 29, 2010

What saves the movie, and gives it what emotional reality it has, is the acting. A lot of the good will this movie has generated is due to Dinklage, who single-handedly overturns decades of screen stereotypes.

| Nov 1, 2007

A pleasurably quaint tale.

| Original Score: B | May 4, 2005

It's The Station Agent's meditation on the smaller things in life that make it such a big deal.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 14, 2004

The brilliance of Peter Dinklage's performance as the ironclad loner is that he doesn't much care

| Apr 19, 2004

This is a gem of a movie that, like its protagonist, boasts a fiercely independent spirit full of discreet optimism and deadpan humour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 19, 2004

Mr. Dinklage projects both size and intelligence in the fascinating reticence of his face.

| Feb 26, 2004

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 31, 2003

It feels less like a modern motion picture than some odd poem long lost and then discovered in another age, a timeless, ageless gem of hard-resined emotions melting into real life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2003

The Station Agent never leaves its sleepy patch of New Jersey. But when it's over, you know you've been somewhere.

| Nov 15, 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 9, 2003

It's a gem to savor.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2003

All of the actors are a great pleasure to watch.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 22, 2003

As touching and original a movie as you're likely to see this year.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 17, 2003

There's a lot to discover in The Station Agent. New faces, terrific acting, gentle directing and more than a few geeky train facts.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2003

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 17, 2003

The best advice to filmgoers who appreciate smart, mature, humanist movies is, simply, Go.

Full Review | Oct 17, 2003