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  • The Station Agent (2003)
    Review preview for The Station Agent

    A tender, moving film, with no distractions.

    David Haviland · 4 out of 5
    A man with dwarfism seeks solitude in rural New Jersey and develops a very unlikely friendship with a hot dog vendor and a painter.
  • The Visitor (2007)
    Review preview for The Visitor

    McCarthy’s script is spot-on, enchanting us with its characters and giving us food for thought with its wry comment on our world of immigrants and neighbour-strangers.

    Emma Slawinski · 4 out of 5
    An ageing, lonely man rediscovers his love of life when he visits New York and shares his home with two strangers.
  • Win Win (2011)
    Review preview for Win Win

    Everything about McCarthy's film feels easygoing and economical. His scripting is sharp and laugh-out-loud funny, with relationships and family dynamics establilshed quickly in an unfussy fashion.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A small-town solicitor finds a way to make ends meet by becoming the guardian of an Alzheimer's sufferer, but trouble brews when his grandson arrives...

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