Validation
Mar 01 2007
•0h 16m
•Comedy, Romance
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...
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T.J. Thyne
Hugh Newman
Vicki Davis
Victoria Donner
Pam Cook
Depressed Woman
Manolo Travieso
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