Synopsis
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, being the perfect outlet for his anger and frustrations. Coming both from a place of despair and loneliness, Jay and Claire meet and engage in a tumultuous relationship which will eventually teach them that love can spread redemption.
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Cast
- Samantha MortonClaire Barney
- Jason PatricJay Caswell
- Teri GarrClaire's Mother / Aunt Tilde
- Illeana DouglasWilma
- Sonia Iris LozadaJade
- Terence Bernie HinesMark
- Joanne BaronSupervisor
- Carlease BurkeSupervisor at Roll Call
- Joe CamarenoStephen
- Gina St. JohnWoman with Expired Meter
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
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 (Vulture)
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
Expired is a remarkable romance of no easy answers; to wit, like real life. - 70
Variety
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
The New York Times
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. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The ways in which very ordinary, uncharismatic people try to cope with their needs and longings is ultimately most affecting. - 60
Village Voice
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
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.
