Filmmaker Cecilia Miniucchi's smart, unpredictable feature debut is 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.
Sweet faced, soft-spoken Claire Barney (Samantha Morton) knows she's one of the most despised people on the planet, not because of who she is but because of what she does: Claire is a City of Los Angeles parking attendant, a widely hated public official who, in a more chauvinistic age, would have been called a "meter maid." Claire spends her days patrolling the streets in her little ...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
106 mins