The story revolves around fellow parking officers Claire and Jay, who find they have a need for one another. She, a shy and good- hearted woman stuck at home with her sick mother. He, a frustrated, bitter loner with an estranged son and seemingly without any friends. The film examines the forming of a complicated romantic relationship between two people who has fallen between the cracks.
I was intrigued by the premise of this film starring two very capable actors in Samantha Morton and Jason Patric. Expecting a quirky comedic take on life and love in the lives of two parking officers. And I guess that that's what I got. Only a poorly executed one. Both Morton and Patric performed well above the writing doing what they could with what little they got. To my understanding this was writer/director Cecilia Miniucchis' second feature film and that makes me wonder what she learned from her first go at it with "Normality" (1988). The film has no sense of narrative progression leaving me dissatisfied with the story. In some cases, that's not a problem but rather something positive. In this case however, because of the lack of depth found in the main characters, it's crucial.
Expired: ultimately, a waste of time.
I was intrigued by the premise of this film starring two very capable actors in Samantha Morton and Jason Patric. Expecting a quirky comedic take on life and love in the lives of two parking officers. And I guess that that's what I got. Only a poorly executed one. Both Morton and Patric performed well above the writing doing what they could with what little they got. To my understanding this was writer/director Cecilia Miniucchis' second feature film and that makes me wonder what she learned from her first go at it with "Normality" (1988). The film has no sense of narrative progression leaving me dissatisfied with the story. In some cases, that's not a problem but rather something positive. In this case however, because of the lack of depth found in the main characters, it's crucial.
Expired: ultimately, a waste of time.