The Station Agent

Often the only thing worse than an actor who wants to direct is an actor who actually does, but actor-turned-writer/director Tom McCarthy's first feature is a sweet and genuinely quirky delight. Dressed in a sharp black suit and standing only 4 feet 5 inches tall, Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) is bound to attract notice on Hoboken streets as he trudges to and from work at the model-train shop owned by his friend Henry (Paul Benjamin). But either Fin's gotten used to the snickers, the stares and the Snow White jokes, or he simply no longer cares; the only thing Fin does seem to care about are trains. A trainspotter in the truest sense, Fin likes nothing more than ha...