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Train Dreams (out Nov 6) may frustrate some with its slow pacing but I found it to be a beautiful, meditative film that asks us to appreciate the richness of life. Touchingly narrated by Will Patton, it's the early 20th Century story of a ordinary man (Joel Edgerton) making a meagre living as a lumberjack in a remote part of the United States. Grade: A-.