This is easily one of my favorite movies of the year so far. Every single one of the actors and characters in the film are wholesome, lovable, and charming in their own unique ways. With a plot similar to CYRANO DE BERGERAC, follows a hard working, disillusioned, daughter of an immigrant who helps manage a train switch station while writing papers for money for the rich kids at her school until one day she asked to write a love letter. Leah Lewis is a STAR as the shy, overworked, outsider - Ellie; Daniel Diemer plays one of the best dummies ever as the sausage obsessed lovestruck lug - Paul; and Alexxis Lemire really shines as the misunderstood girl as the object of affection. The script has the scenes waltzing with each other in an elegant way. The subplot with Ellie and her father and his history is also very compelling. It does so many things that really are stand-outs in this genre so way: the small town, the unrequited love, the finding yourself, and almost any other trope you can think of. Everything about this is so bright and life inspiring. Easily one of the best coming-of-age teen films ever.
