Validation

2007 "A fable about the magic of free parking."
8.1| 0h16m| en
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A cheerful parking attendant considers it his job to do more than validate parking. He wants to validate the customers themselves, delivering compliments about their appearances and the inner qualities behind them. Everyone who comes up to him with a ticket walks away validated as a worthwhile human being. Soon, the parking attendant becomes so popular that people line up for validation...

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Also starring Danielle Kaplowitz

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SunnyHello Nice effects though.
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Kirpianuscus A simple film who could be defined as motivational. in fact, it is more. a pledge for small gestures. delicate /brave words. about the change using simple tools. about honesty. and about the importance of the other. nothing complicated. but usefull. for the message. for the tears of the end. for the basic lesson about ordinary things - briks of every day reality. a nice film. and that is all.
Horst in Translation ([email protected]) This goofy little short-film directed by Kurt Kuenne starring T.J. Thyne from Bones teaches ourselves should not miss any occasion for a nice warm smile and always inspire others around us to keep smiling. While it initially starts as a feel-good movie about a parking attendant who gives his very individual kind of validation to his customers, it ends up turning into a cute little, initially tragic, love story. The one person he wants turns out as the only one whose lips he seems incapable of putting a smile on.The fact that it was in black and white added a lot to the charm for me. I'd recommend this short film to everybody who wants to end his day on a high note after a stressful day at work. It will make you smile :)
manjodude One of the most beautiful short movies I've seen. How a smile lights up the world is portrayed here in just 15 mins. I just enjoyed T J Thyne's acting. And who wouldn't love to get themselves validated by such characters in real life too? Although initially, you would think that the person is a psycho, hehe...Didn't mind the black & white camera-work throughout, it's done very well, Of course the direction is impressive too. Maybe I noticed some minor flaws in performances of the other actors but that's not a deal at all.The ending scenes almost wet my eyes when he realises why Victoria(good show by Vicki Davis) finally smiles at him. And this is why I believe that the good you do somehow, one day or the other, comes back & showers on you bountifully.
Ted Gianopulos I had the pleasure of seeing this gem at the Phoenix Film Festival and I have to say that there are probably less then 1% of all short films made have the ability to make the audience well up with tears of happiness. That is precisely what this film did to me. Not only that. Whenever I tell someone about it I get the sense of welling up again just from re-telling it to them.T.J. Thyne is perfectly cast as Hugh Newman, the uber-naive parking booth guy who works at the end of a darkly lit hallway and validates customers parking tickets while validating their lives at the same time. Just like any protagonist in a movie, he hits his roadblock and loses his mojo for a while but soon finds himself again, after he finds life taking him in another direction and gets back on the trail of making people's lives better. He finds out in the end that the good deeds had been doing for people in the past, that he thought were not changing anything or anybody, actually changed the lives of even the most hardened hearts and in turn find him the complete happiness that he had been searching for the whole time.Kurt Kuenne did an AMAZING job with this film, period. From the finger-snappy acapella soundtrack to the directing, editing and cinematography; all of it is perfectly fit into this beautiful story. I only wish I could buy this movie on DVD. I've told so many people about it and wish I could show them! Hopefully soon!