Expired

Full of talented people with nowhere to go. It makes you want to beat the writer with a stick. What a dreadful waste of potential. You can see the areas of weakness in the story that were sloppily wrapped up with... Full review

She starts by telling us she is the most hated in the world. That's because of her profession, but her attitude towards life is really much like the hated one. This woman, Claire, is shy, a loser, and she doesn't expect... Full review

Both me and my girlfriend really disliked this movie. The attempts at humor were awkward, both the main characters were not likeable, and there was not even a good ending. I expected a romantic comedy, but it wasn't romantic and it... Full review

Seldom do I rate a movie a 10. This movie was absolutely wonderful. At times hard to watch because it was so honest, it had humor, sadness, well rounded characters and was unique. Jason Patric was fantastic, the best performance... Full review

Some meter maids are men. Thus the line of work leads Jay (Jason Patric) to run into Claire (Samantha Morton). Both are in the business of giving out parking tickets on Los Angeles streets. Claire is a sweet person, who... Full review

Expired is one of those films that remind you about simply just being human. I was fortunate enough to watch this at it's Los Angeles screening. I found myself, as the story went along watching the audience just as much... Full review

I saw "Expired" in Salt Lake City at a regular theater screening. I simply loved it. I had no idea what to expect but my gut instincts told me to go the minute I read that it was about two... Full review

Ever since I saw EXPIRED at its premiere at Sundance, a few weeks ago, I haven't been able to get it out my mind. The two main characters, played by Samantha Morton and Jason Patric, are so real, so funny,... Full review

The movie Expired is really unlike most of the feature films you'll see these days. It has an intensity, a committed vision that grabs you and holds you in its grips for the entire hour and a half or so.... Full review

I visit somebody in Utah, and she says, "You're going to be here for Sundance." So? Yes, I have been living under a rock. Movies, movies, movies. Had a great time, but then -- Write a review? OK, so be... Full review

As usual, Patric is riveting and essentially flawless in "Expired," but the film is unlikely to rocket him to fame. Despite terrific efforts from its lead players, "Expired" runs its meter out long before the end. ... Full Review

In a mesmerizing performance, Patric gets surprisingly robust mileage from his character's sentence-to-sentence vacillation between amorous warmth and unfiltered assholishness. Emotional investment in this unhealthy romance is aided rather than impeded by an intentional mood of off-center strangeness, which consistently blends heartfelt pathos and caustic humor. ... Full Review

Bottom line: Expired seems to think negligent parkers never take any responsibility for their crimessurely some dont freak out at the person who caught them! Catch it: Delicately depending on its actors to show how these two could coexist, Expired turns its uncomfortable central relationship into a fascinating study of symbiotic personalities. ... Full Review

SCREENED AT THE 2007 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: We are supposed to hate the male lead in "Expired. Jay is hopelessly insecure, obviously, but the film (the first theatrical feature from writer/director Cecilia Miniucchi But I dislike the movie, too ... Full Review

Miniucchi intentionally refuses to justify the unlikely spark between her characters, and consequently, Expired is a peculiar (though never dull) experiment that keeps its narrative momentum revving by continually asking Despite Expired 's many flaws, give writer-director Cecilia Miniucchi points for gamely tackling an almost unworkable conceit in her romantic-comedy debut: the awkward courtship of two thoroughly incompatible people. ... Full Review

The temptation is to say Expired is closer to "Misfired," but there are just enough good things here (particularly Samantha Morton as a lonely-in-love meter maid) to avoid that label. ... Full Article

Plot 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 heroine of our film, "Expired," the meter maid Claire (Morton), knows it. ... Full Article

Given that meter maids and meter men are among the most reviled human beings on the planet (critics come close), a love story between meter people doesnt sound too enticing. ... Full Article

I had been assigned to cover an 8:30 a.m. screening today, but City Weekly honcho Scott Renshaw generously swapped my schedule with someone else's, knowing as he does my tendency to not always wake up in time for 8:30 a.m.... ... Full Article