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07/22/08
Expiration (2003)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:16
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.6/10
Synopsis: A botched wedding proposal between two smalltown youngsters spirals into an epic Montreal night of chaos, confusion and destiny. Part "The Wizard of Oz", part "Eyes Wide Shut", EXPIRATION stares... [More]
Starring: Janet Lane, Gavin Heffernan, Erin Simkin, Yetide Badaki
Director: Gavin Heffernan
Reviews for Expiration
Top CriticDumb movie with nice cinematography -- a pleasure to watch and a labor to endure.
04/13/04
introduces an unpretentious filmmaker with a promising future
03/21/04
Does anyone have a spare career to give Gavin Heffernan?
03/11/04
Episodic film, interesting in fits and starts, but some individual pieces prove more satisfying than the film's whole
01/31/04
A solid first film that shows remarkable skill both in front of and behind the camera.
01/23/04
The film is unjaded enough that its very guilelessness is often at least vicariously moving
01/20/04
An eventful ride with a memorable gallery of characters.
01/12/04
Promises much for its young creator's future, even as it delivers only minor pleasures of its own.
01/11/04
Though it was made on a shoestring, Expiration offers imaginative and soulful use of digital video.
01/05/04
...a memorable and undeniably captivating visceral experience.
01/04/04
Almost unreasonably good.
01/04/04
This may be one of 'those movies' where everything happens in one single night, but it's far from formulaic.
01/02/04
A student film of enormous ambition and modest attainment...precocious, perhaps, but also uncomfortably pretentious.
12/30/03
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12/13/03
Has the freshness of youthful exuberance on its side.
12/05/03
Definitely recommended for the art house crowds . . .
11/27/03
Gavin Heffernan's 'Expiration' boasts a unique cinematic style and introduces an impressive new filmmaker.
11/24/03
While I sometimes found myself scratching my head a little, Heffernan provides just enough information to keep the intrigue at a maximum.
11/05/03
artsy fartsy to the point where even the actors' eyes seem to roll
11/02/03
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