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Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was

The Station Agent (2003)

Three lost and very lonely souls find direction by leaning on each other.

The fact that one of them is a dwarf makes it all a bit dramatic. Take him out of the equation and you might not really feel too supportive of the other two.

There are a lot of clichés here. Even symbols. Trains. A town called Newfoundland. A little heavy but the production is very well done. Nothing gets overly dramatic.

Well, there is one section when the dwarf goes on a drunk but still.

I consciously stayed away from this film when it came out.

Now, I am glad that I saw it but I think I would pass if the opportunity came around again.

That makes it a 3 out of Netflix5.

Labels: best films