"But if you do something will you call me?"

The Station Agent - an extremely slow independent film. The film centers around three characters Finbar, a dwarf who is knowledgeable about trains and inherits a Station House, Joe, a Cuban hot dog cart owner who sets up shop across from Finbar's new abode, and Olivia, an artist who is separated from her husband and dealing with her grief over losing her son.

The three are in different stages in their life. Finbar tries to isolate himself from others in his obsessive knowledge about trains and yet is pulled slowly into the lives of those who surround him. Joe is desperate for companionship. He is isolated from those he knows while he manages his father's hot dog stand until his father recovers from an illness. Olivia is dealing with both the dissolution of her marriage and the loss of her son.

The film is littered with secondary characters that delight, amuse, and disturb the viewer. I don't know if I really liked the film itself. I did like the message which said to me that no person is an island. Each person is both annoyed and happy that the other two have wormed their way into their lives but each, except maybe Joe, is unsure what to do with these people now that they want to overstay their invitation. Overall an interesting if slow slow slow moving film. .