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The Station Agent
2003
· Movie
· 89 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #742
- IMDb #900
- Google retired #942
- Rotten Tomatoes #398
- Metacritic #545
- Letterboxd #1094
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #509
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #674
- Metacritic Critics #629
- Metacritic Audience #670
- Criticker #498
- Kinopoisk #2243
- AlloCiné #1689
- Trakt #1373
Every rating
64–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the most agreed on films →A man with dwarfism, who prefers solitude, inherits an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. His quest for isolation is thwarted by the small town's residents, including a grieving artist and a lonely hot dog vendor. Despite his resistance, these persistent individuals slowly break through his barriers, forming an unlikely and tender friendship that helps them all confront their own loneliness.
Details
- Director
- Tom McCarthy
- Writer
- Tom McCarthy
- Released
- 5 December 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $500.0K
- Box office
- $8.7M
- Awards
- 12 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →6 major awards won · 12 wins from 19 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay 2003 | — | Tom McCarthy | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay 2003 | — | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award 2003 | — | Winner | |
| Sundance Film Festival Audience Award (Dramatic) 2003 | — | Winner | |
| Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize 2003 | — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award 2003 | — | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male 2003 | — | Peter Dinklage | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2003 | — | Nominee |
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BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Tom McCarthy | Winner |
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Winner |
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival Audience Award (Dramatic)
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Winner |
Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
1 nomination
| — | Peter Dinklage | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1 nomination
| — | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
1 nomination
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
1 nomination
| — | Peter Dinklage | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination
| — | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Winner |
National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Patricia Clarkson | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
1 nomination
| — | Peter Dinklage | Nominee |
Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay
1 nomination
| — | Nominee |