这是一个由免费停车开始的神奇寓言。休•纽曼(T•J•塞恩 T.J. Thyne 饰)是停车场的盖章员工,他给顾客的会员卡盖上箭头符号,顾客便可以在此停车两小时。然而,他的柜台络绎不绝,时常排起长龙,前往者形色各异,离去者笑逐颜开。因为休•纽曼有一门独门绝技——让对方开心到微笑。不过,笑神偶尔也会遭遇滑铁卢,比如当他遇到摄影师女神之后,他似乎丧失了自己的魔力…… 本片不仅有乐观、积极、励志主题,而且还充满了人生的戏剧性和生活细节,最后一句台词画龙点睛、耐人寻味。“微笑是每个人脸上对生活热忱的证明,是这个世界物质存在意义的表现方式。” 本片只有16分钟,但是却拿了10多个电影节的短片奖项,并成为YouTube点击率排行榜的大热门。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. He appears on news broadcasts and even ends up validating George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein. His life hits a roadblock when he goes to the DMV to get his driver's license photo taken and is met with a beautiful photographer whom he can't get to smile.