The Parking Lot Movie
The Parking Lot Movie

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The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more. This self-described "ragtag group of fractured poets" prefer skateboards and bicycles to cars and have at best a tolerant contempt for the people they ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Parking Lot Movie:

John Beers
Chris Farina
Tyler Magill
James McNew

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The Parking Lot Movie is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of parking lot attendants and their strange rite of passage. The eccentric brotherhood of attendants consist of grad students, overeducated philosophers, surly artists, middle-age slackers and more. This self-described "ragtag group of fractured poets" prefer skateboards and bicycles to cars and have at best a tolerant contempt for the people they serve. That's not to say they don't care about anything. They hang out at the lot even in their spare time, shooting the breeze or playing a spirited game of "flip cone," just because...they like it there. They conduct their own private "war" against the elites, the pretentious and obnoxious customers who park their BMWs, Hummers, Suburbans and other vehicles. They study the art of doing nothing and the knack of getting even with rude, SUV-driving dolts who treat them like inferior beings. The gradual devolution from enthusiasm to resentment in the psyches of guys self-aware enough to notice it is an interesting process; in an attempt to distract themselves from the rapidly mounting bitterness, the attendants amuse themselves any way they can-stenciling random messages on the parking gate, writing songs, even dancing for tips. Through interviews with former attendants who have moved on - we see that their time at the lot has clearly provided rites of passage and afforded them Zen-like perspective. As one parking attendant laments, "We had it all in a world that had nothing to offer us." If the intersection between the status quo and the quest for freedom is their ultimate challenge, could a slab of asphalt be an emotional way station for The American Dream?

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NYC Movie Guru - 8/10 by Avi OfferRefreshingly original, spirited and provocative. Get ready for a surprisingly enlightening and amusing experience.
Dork Shelf - 7/10 by Shelagh Rowan-LeggThe film is incredibly entertaining, managing to turn a seemingly mundane job into a source of philosophical thought and social experiment.
Village Voice - 7/10 by Nick SchagerTheir sense of superiority toward the petty SUV drivers and rude midlife-crisisers who frequent the lot is matched by introspective considerations of traditional social contracts.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Neil GenzlingerA quirky documentary about, yes, a parking lot, is probably not unlike working at such a lot: there are long stretches when not much happens, but every once in a while there's a burst of activity that is kind of enthralling.
Eye for Film - 7/10 by Anton Bitelwhile The Parking Lot Movie may seem modest in focus, in addressing precisely the intersection of space and money it finds many hilariously incisive verities about American society - whether driving through or stuck in idle.
Variety - 5/10 by Ronnie ScheibUnfortunately, picture's concept doesn't stretch to 74 minutes.
User Review - 10/10 by Adam VGood movie for those ho have that "hipster style" capacity of jokes and for those who like dry humor.
User Review - 10/10 by Tyler PCome as you are, leave as you always wanted to be.
User Review - 10/10 by Zeb HThe human experience condensed... as a parking lot.
User Review - 10/10 by Sean PWho wants to watch a movie about a parking lot, especially a documentary about one? Those were my thoughts when I came across this. It wasn't until I saw someone had listed this as one of their favorite movies, that my interest was peaked. What this documentary gives you, is a glimpse into a world that few of us ever see. The people who work this job are not the supposed 'losers' that one might consider them to be. They are interesting people and through the experiences they share, we get to see the nature of people, both good and bad. I was impressed by the movie and felt there was never a dull moment. My only complaint: I wished it was longer.

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