The Parking Lot Movie

2010

1h 14m

Documentary

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9 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

Following a select group of artistic and overeducated parking lot attendants as they wage war against the people who park in their lot.

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Sarah Cohen

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 16, 2011

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

Unfortunately, pic's concept doesn't stretch to 74 minutes.

Aug 5, 2010

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Nick Schager

Village Voice

Their 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.

Aug 3, 2010

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

The Parking Lot Movie is a slice of Zen heaven, a tiny perfect movie shot in a single location.

Aug 26, 2019

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg

That Shelf

The film is incredibly entertaining, managing to turn a seemingly mundane job into a source of philosophical thought and social experiment.

May 18, 2018

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

while 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.

Oct 16, 2010

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The most accurate depiction of the relationship that boys have with their summer job.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

A very interesting very independent doc that might not sound good at a glance. What happens when you have a group of highly educated intelligent grad students at a menial job with lots of down time. They spend there time inventing games and coming up with clever parking lot related jokes. I guess i related to these guys a lot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

A seemingly boring niche subject transforms into a deep journey of self discovery and personal growth in The Parking Lot Movie, a doc that follows the lives of parking lot employees (most of whom are well educated), chronicling their frustrations, hopes, and pleasures (work or otherwise), as well as each individual's thoroughly entertaining and insightful musings on the importance/place of the job in their lives.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

a little more to it that it seems on the surface, but it's just that little more. I did love their comments about cars and the mindset we get into as drivers.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Somewhat anthropologically and philosophically interesting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

fun little documentary about the most mundane of subjects, a parking lot in Virginia and the group of parking attendants who retain order within

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Meghan Eckman

Director

Chris Farina

Actor

James McNew

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Mark Schottinger

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Meghan Eckman

Producer

Eric Hurt

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Synopsis

Following a select group of artistic and overeducated parking lot attendants as they wage war against the people who park in their lot.

Director: Meghan Eckman
Producer: Meghan Eckman
Production Co: Redhouse Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 14m

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