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  • 2008
  • R
  • MCR Releasing
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • MCR Releasing
  • 1 h 47 m
Expired

Summary The sight of a dark-suited municipal employee doling out parking violations stirs a primal hate in all but the most enlightened souls. And the meter maid, Claire, knows it. The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, it being the per...

Directed By: Cecilia Miniucchi

Written By: Cecilia Miniucchi

  • 2008
  • R
  • MCR Releasing
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • MCR Releasing
  • 1 h 47 m

Expired

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary The sight of a dark-suited municipal employee doling out parking violations stirs a primal hate in all but the most enlightened souls. And the meter maid, Claire, knows it. The film revolves around Claire, a kind soul who resents having to enforce the law at all times, and Jay, an angry Traffic Officer who loves his job, it being the per...

Directed By: Cecilia Miniucchi

Written By: Cecilia Miniucchi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
6 Reviews
22% Mixed
2 Reviews
11% Negative
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A truly fresh take on the romantic comedy: It's as sad as it is funny, and the boy-girl match so misbegotten you can't help but pray it won't work out in the end. Call it an anti-rom-com, and see it if you can.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
Morton is one of those tingly actresses whose skin barely covers her soul, and to watch her search for tender mercies in a crazy-hostile world is a gift. The film is appallingly good.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
70
It's possible that two actors other than Samantha Morton and Jason Patric might do justice to Cecilia Miniucchi's story about two badly matched Santa Monica, Calif., parking enforcement officers who stumble and grope into a relationship. But it's hard to think of a better match for the stubborn idiosyncrasies of Ms. Miniucchi's visual style and worldview than these two.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
70
An occasionally cringe-inducing mix of pathos and humor, the tightly scripted, well-acted and notably art-directed tale follows a lonely, vulnerable meter maid who falls into a comically horrific relationship with a colleague incapable of emotional intimacy.
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Expired is a remarkable romance of no easy answers; to wit, like real life.
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50
They should sell antidepressants along with the popcorn at theaters showing Cecilia Miniucchi's Expired, one of those Sundance "comedies" that make you contemplate slitting your wrists.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
20
The performances are expert, but can't make up for a flat script and direction. Unless you, like Claire, are a glutton for punishment, we suggest you choose nothing over something.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Aga Films, FR Productions
Release Date Jun 20, 2008
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Don't park your heart in the red zone.
Website http://www.expiredthemovie.com/
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Awards

Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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