I missed this back when it was released but it was always on my mind to catch this. I liked Jarmusch's last venture, Only Lovers Left Alive and was expecting a similar cool indie film with great visuals but Paterson is a wholly different beast and in my personal opinion better. It's a "slice of life" genre of film rather than drama so nothing much happens but beneath the surface there's so much to process. Adam Driver (gives his career best performance here and continues to prove that he is more than just Kylo Ren) is a reserved bus driver who doesn't speak much to his co-workers, his friends at the bar or even his live in girlfriend but truly comes alive while writing poetry. The film never holds your hand and you have to work out the ins and outs of his mind. He isn't troubled, leads a very normal life, is loved by his girlfriend, liked by his friends and coworkers. There's nothing wrong with Paterson and spoiler alert nothing will be found wrong with him when the film ends, but this quiet person scribbles away in his poetry book expressing his innermost thoughts, fears and desires which he hides from rest of the world. The film also has a theme of Paterson running into twins which I think is Jarmusch's way of hinting twin personalities of not only Paterson but all of us. Two people who look the same but are different people just like Paterson has two twins, one's what we see a reserved person with his coworkers and girlfriend and the other is this private expressive poet. The film saves it's best scene for the last which was very moving and got to me. Very interesting mature film, would highly recommend.