Expired

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Expired

2008

1h 44m

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Romance

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Jay Caswell (Jason Patric) and Claire Barney (Samantha Morton) are both Los Angeles parking enforcement officers, but they have very different temperaments. While Jay is bitter and tightly wound, Claire is thoughtful and emotive, and their two personalities both clash and connect when they become romantically involved. However, numerous things stand in the way of their happiness as a couple, most notably their mutual distrust of lasting relationships.

Critics Consensus

Heartwarming and acidic in turns, this offbeat dramedy about two meter maids in love features solid performances from Samantha Morton and Jason Patric.

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Leo Goldsmith

IndieWire

08/08/2009

Death and regret hang over the film palpably, and Miniucchi's willingness to put her characters through disaster and humiliation while still plainly empathizing with them is what keeps the film surprising and its characters winning, in spite of themselves

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Tim Grierson

L.A. Weekly

06/26/2008

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.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

06/20/2008

2/4

One of those Sundance "comedies" that make you contemplate slitting your wrists.

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Jason McKiernan

Filmcritic.com

11/12/2009

1/5

one of the most inept, poorly-mounted productions of the decade

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Frank Ochieng

Movie Eye

06/27/2008

3/4

Unconventionally quirky in its unassuming blue-collar bluntness, Expired is comically horrifying in its examination of lonely people living on the fringe of professional obscurity and personalized disarray.

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Lewis Beale

Film Journal International

06/23/2008

Miniucchi's screenplay is an unwieldy blend of pathos and unsettling moments, which become increasingly uninteresting as the film trudges to a dreary close.

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Scott E

Nov 27

This movie should have been called "The Dick and the Doormat."

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Amanda L

01/27/2025

A touching examination of love’s ability to excavate a soul out from under the crust of bad behavior, even if the digging assumes several iterations of romance—even if the first round “fails.”

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05/08/2015

I'm always surprised to note that so many disliked this film upon it's release. Truly off-beat and quirky, it is also a painfully uncomfortable and entertaining story of two characters who do not know how to inter-connect or connect with anyone. Despite what some have written, this film is realistic. And, Samantha Morton is amazing.

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09/15/2013

Kooky. Just as I like it.

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02/06/2013

Pathetic and depressing "love story".. almost painful to watch, with axcelent performances by Samantha Morton and Jason Patrick..

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Ola G

@Ollie1972 05/29/2011

Claire Barney (Samantha Morton) is a metermaid in Los Angeles. She is kind, but a bit lonesome and odd. She takes care of her mother, who suffers from a stroke and has lost her speech. One day Claire bumps into parking officer Jay Caswell (Jason Patric). A man with severe anger and frustration issues and on the border of being a sociopath. Eventually the mismatched couple end up in a very disfunctional and turbulent love situation. Never been a fan of Samantha Morton, but both she and Jason Patric gives fine performances in "Expired". I like how the movie has been shot, with a lot of odd angles and closeups. The disfunctional dynamics between Claire and Jay made me cringe and stress me. Thus, the actors really succeeded to give life to their characters. "Expired" is not too shabby at all.

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Synopsis

Jay Caswell (Jason Patric) and Claire Barney (Samantha Morton) are both Los Angeles parking enforcement officers, but they have very different temperaments. While Jay is bitter and tightly wound, Claire is thoughtful and emotive, and their two personalities both clash and connect when they become romantically involved. However, numerous things stand in the way of their happiness as a couple, most notably their mutual distrust of lasting relationships.

Director: Cecilia Miniucchi
Producer: Jeffrey Coulter, Cecilia Miniucchi, Fred Roos
Screenwriter: Cecilia Miniucchi
Production Co: FR Productions, AGA FILMS
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2008, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Nov 17, 2009
Runtime: 1h 44m