Colm Meaney is "Fred", a well-to-do gent forced to live from his car whilst the government work out his benefits. Parked nearby is the young "Cathal" (Colin Morgan) who has a penchant for heroin. Initially from necessity, but soon by choice the two men become friends and face their different trials and tribulations together. Morgan looks every inch the part - he appears drawn and thin, but apart from that this film really lacks anything particularly potent. The scenario plays out very much as one might expect, leaving us with an ending that I found really quite disappointing (why didn't they just drive somewhere else?). The pace is slow and all told it makes for a rather dreary, occasionally pretty violent, film that depicts the perils of self-abuse without really engendering any great degree of sympathy for the character concerned. I suppose that's the authenticity of addiction - it isn't rational and people never keep their promises, but as a piece of cinema it's nothing at all to sing about.

I wouldn't call Parked an excellent movie like some others on here but it's a good movie enough to watch once and that's about it. The story is okay but in my eyes it's been told a bit too slow. The homeless guy living in his car because of unfortunate circumstances with a heroin junkie as his neighbor also living in his car. You can have some sympathy for one and a bit lesser for the other. It's interesting to watch them becoming friends with all the differences they have, and to watch them struggle to get their life back on track again. Colm Meaney and Colin Morgan did a good job playing the two main characters. The movie could just have used a bit more tempo and a happier note but it is what it is. Not bad but not excellent.

"Parked" tells the story of a man who lost everything and now lives in his car. Things begin to complicate when he befriends a younger drug-addict and meets a woman he likes very much.

First of all I have to congratulate the producers for delivering an original story, that you haven't already seen multiple times. The movie contains many touching and moving scenes that reflect on life and how it can go and make you question your own way. At some points you notice that it did not have the budget of a blockbuster but in my opinion that's not a big deal. The only thing I didn't like are the racist things one of the characters brought up, even though this might be just a part of his character. However, they don't add to the story in my opinion.

All in all this is a movie that is refreshing among many clones and raises a few good questions without being loud or extrovert.