Could also be titled The Loneliest Dwarf, I suppose, since that is what Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) appears to be in this movie. After his only friend dies, diminutive Fin inherits an abandoned train depot in New Jersey and makes it his home. He appears to have gone through life avoiding as many people as possible. It's a wonder he had even the one friend before all this. He has let his dwarfism define his attitude about life - everyone laughs at him and pushes him around so he has retreated way back into his shell.
Outside his depot, there's a hot dog and coffee vendor who can't seem to hold still long enough to pour the coffee. On the road into town, a woman nearly runs him over, sending him into a ditch. She apologizes profusely, then amazingly does the same thing later driving from the other direction. These two neurotic loons are Finbar's new friends. Coincidence brings them together, but it's loneliness that keeps them together. All three have some sort of social awkwardness. Fin is quiet and terse (and a dwarf), the hot dog guy is desperate for attention and talkative, which drives people away, and the woman, who has recently lost her young son, is afraid of starting any new relationships so she holes herself away and paints to avoid the issue.
The movie is pretty funny, particularly Dinklage with his general annoyance at everything happening around him, but the plot and characters are mostly paint-by-numbers. It's an enjoyable, bittersweet little comedy with great performances, nothing more. But it's enough. Check it out!
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Outside his depot, there's a hot dog and coffee vendor who can't seem to hold still long enough to pour the coffee. On the road into town, a woman nearly runs him over, sending him into a ditch. She apologizes profusely, then amazingly does the same thing later driving from the other direction. These two neurotic loons are Finbar's new friends. Coincidence brings them together, but it's loneliness that keeps them together. All three have some sort of social awkwardness. Fin is quiet and terse (and a dwarf), the hot dog guy is desperate for attention and talkative, which drives people away, and the woman, who has recently lost her young son, is afraid of starting any new relationships so she holes herself away and paints to avoid the issue.
The movie is pretty funny, particularly Dinklage with his general annoyance at everything happening around him, but the plot and characters are mostly paint-by-numbers. It's an enjoyable, bittersweet little comedy with great performances, nothing more. But it's enough. Check it out!
http://www.movieswithmark.com