Parked (2012)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1
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Fred (Colm Meaney) lives a quiet and isolated life in his car, having lost all hope of improving his situation and re-entering the ranks of society. That all changes when he forms an unlikely friendship with Cathal (Colin Morgan), a dope-smoking 21-year-old with a positive attitude, who becomes his parking lot neighbor. Sharing laughs, and the hard times too, Fred and Cathal find the simple, free pleasures of life. (c) Olive Films
Cast
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Colm Meaney
Fred -
Colin Morgan
Cathal -
Milka Ahlroth
Jules -
Stuart Graham
George O'Regan -
Michael McElhatton
Frank -
David Wilmot
Peter
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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4)
"Parked" collapses into sentimentality that not even an actor of Mr. Meaney's dignity and restraint can redeem from mawkishness.
Top CriticThis engaging character study functions best as a two-hander: The male leads build a wholly believable, offbeat co-dependency, while their interactions with others tend toward the more generic.
[An] elegant, engaging meditation on displacement and the modern man.
Strong performances bolster a dodgy scenario in homeless drama.
Infused with the visceral impact of raw truth connected to the homeless insider point of view looking out at a callous world. But when it comes to the director's outside looking in perspective, there's a second hand sense of little felt or endured.
... has its modest and bittersweet charms, but there's not much substance to the script.
My nominee for the saddest film of the year.
A remarkable Irish drama about a homeless man living in his car whose friends help him get unstuck.
The film takes dramatic material that sounds fairly standard-issue to begin with and proceeds to uncover precious little of genuinely fresh intrigue within it.
It veers rather widely through strains of comedy, melodrama and crime-thriller, but it's very well made, consistently engaging and surprisingly moving.
Parked putters, but doesn't go anywhere.
Packing two terrific turns and an offbeat spirit, this coming-of-middle-age comedy is an unexpected treat.
Audience Reviews for Parked
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- Fred: [whispering] I have nowhere else to live...
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- Jules: The older ones have real character.
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Foreign Titles
- Parked - Gestrandet (DE)
