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. He appears on news broadcasts and even ends up validating George W. Bush and Saddam Husse... (Full plot summary below)
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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. He appears on news broadcasts and even ends up validating George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein. His life hits a roadblock when he goes to the DMV to get his driver's license photo taken and is met with a beautiful photographer whom he can't get to smile.
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| User ReviewJohn TThis is the best 16 minutes you'll spend online! What a heartwarming and clever story of positive vibes, karma, love and justice! You will love this short film and you'll be singing along to the original score and the song "Smile!" |
| User ReviewHenry FFor a basic short film, Validation is absolutely fantastic. The acting is top-notch, the storyline somehow manages to be enrapturing and touching despite its simplicity, and the viewer is left with a truly warm feeling. It is very rare for a film of under half an hour to constitute a tear-jerker, but Validation is. Simply put, the best short film I have ever seen. |
| User ReviewRip VPeculiar yet positively enjoyable and truly uplifting, it is just "great". |
| User ReviewAlbert KI saw this at the Cleveland International Film Fest 2012. It is another Kurt Kuenne short with a whimsical and very funny premise. This time T.J. Thyne, of Bones fame, stars. A positive message about karma and treating people well. |
| User ReviewSumanjit R"Validation"'s a short film that's brooding with a lot of charisma and shows the illuminating satisfaction out of seeing a soul smile. Unlike feature-length films, you're not gonna find technically masterful shots of cinematography or Academy-Award-worthy dialogue. But for it's running time of 16 minutes, it manages to get its point across, revealing how though we live in a "dog eat dog world", a simple crack of a smile can be liberating. |
