
Harvey Lippe' works as a janitor at a small ski resort in the peculiar Northern community of WhiteFox. Standing three feet four inches and abandoned at an orphanage as a child, he has grown up angry and miserable. Now in his early twenties he lives like a hermit in a small trailer, his only friend being Lucas Harold, the town drug dealer. Lucas attended the orphanage for several months before being adopted and subsequently moved to several fosters homes. He is rough around th... (Full plot summary below)
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Harvey Lippe' works as a janitor at a small ski resort in the peculiar Northern community of WhiteFox. Standing three feet four inches and abandoned at an orphanage as a child, he has grown up angry and miserable. Now in his early twenties he lives like a hermit in a small trailer, his only friend being Lucas Harold, the town drug dealer. Lucas attended the orphanage for several months before being adopted and subsequently moved to several fosters homes. He is rough around the edges, but has a big heart and a perspective few people give home credit for. Every evening Harvey walks the same route from his trailer, several miles through farmer's fields and hillside forest to get to work. But on this day he has a run in with a stray husky, which he at first thinks is a wolf. She follows him and that night he reluctantly allows her inside his trailer. Through her he meets Dakota Dixon, a dancer at a bizarre local strip joint. Dakota, Lucas, and Inca (as Harvey names her) develop into something Harvey has never had before, a family. Dakota and himself grow close and their relationship becomes intimate. Just when Harvey thinks his life may be worth living Dakota turns on him and Inca is almost killed in a snowmobile accident. He must pull himself together and decide what is worth fighting for, which is where his true story begins.
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| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekPrentice makes the most of his close-up in An Insignificant Harvey, creating a believable outsider and giving him a soul. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardKopas makes the most of a limited budget while giving Prentice room to shine. But the deliberate oddball factor distracts from the job at hand. |
| User ReviewCatherine OUnique and brilliant screenwriting and acting. Did the critics go to the right screening room? |
| User ReviewAllison MIt turns out that most people are broken. Sometimes on the inside and sometimes on the outside. You should watch this gentle film. |
| User ReviewAlyson SNever really hits its stride, and its footing feels like a drunken stumbling walk home, but as one critic said, "the genuinely sweet chemistry between Prentice and Adams holds the whole thing together." |
| User ReviewDave JFriday, June 7, 2013 (2011) An Insignificant Harvey DRAMA Written and directed by Jeff Kopas which is another subtle movie that is identical to 2003 "Station Agent" which at the start showcases dwarf Harvey Lippe (Jordan Prentice) going through his daily life who lives in a trailer working as some sort of intern for some ski resort. His life of "intimacy" start to unravel once he take a stray husky dog along with him, starting with the odd Lucas Harold played by Steven McCarthy who intervened while Harvey's dog was going to be shot by his drunken boss, and then Dakota (Kristin Adams) who imposes on Harvey on how to groom his dog. The film has it's moments but it's not better than "The Station Agent". All these three characters spend time with one another expressing some of their ups and downs. 2.5 out of 4 stars |
| User ReviewShantel DThe best thing about this movie is the dog, which is very cute. Slow, somewhat boring, with no real resolution. |