Not laugh-out-loud funny

I was very impressed by this faux documentary for a simple reason: it was able to sustain its absurdity to the point where I was actually surprised that the lead actor (Lov Tiefenbach) was in fact an actor and not the director. It's not a laugh-out-loud flick, but it's still funny, primarily because these parking enforcement lunatics (e.g. off-the-wall Nancy Robertson) look and act so earnestly.

The acting has been called amateurish elsewhere on this board. I disagree: I think the acting was very good indeed. The material was difficult to convey comedically, but these actors pulled it off; they made you believe in them.

The premise was interesting -- who DOESN'T harbour a secret desire to clobber a parking enforcement officer?. I thought Fred Ewaniuk was just simply terrific. He stayed beautifully in character throughout, no mean feat; this was a difficult part, requiring someone with dreamy (and hopelessly naive) ideals, and Ewaniuk does it all while never deviating from his sweet innocence and dedication to duty. Most impressive.

What makes the film doubly interesting is that are in fact REAL people like Grant (Ewaniuk's character), who are entirely devoted to their jobs, as vacuous as those jobs might be. I applaud them, because in this cynical world of ours, these people truly believe in something.