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Expired
MCR Releasing
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Samantha Morton,
Jason Patric,
Teri Garr,
and
Illeana Douglas
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 perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Claire and Jay meet and engage in a tumultuous and twisted relationship, which will eventually teach them that love can spread magic seeds of redemption and hope, even in the most unlikely of souls. By the end, Claire is faced with the question of whether to engage or to run…(MRC Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Drama
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Romance
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Cecilia Miniucchi
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Cecilia Miniucchi
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: June 20, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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88
TV Guide
Ken Fox
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.

80
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
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.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Duane Byrge
Expired is a remarkable romance of no easy answers; to wit, like real life.

70
Variety
Alissa Simon
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.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The ways in which very ordinary, uncharismatic people try to cope with their needs and longings is ultimately most affecting.

70
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
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.

60
Village Voice
Tim Grierson
Expired pretends to be a valentine to society's outcasts, but it's just one more indie comedy that mocks its characters while sucking up to its knowing audience, assuring all of us hip urbanites that the romantic insecurities of "weirdos" don't deserve our sympathy.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
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.

20
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
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.


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