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Park (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 11

Fresh: 4

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 4.5/10

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, and Cheri Oteri lead a talented cast in PARK. A lunch hour provides more than just a break for the Los Angeles residents in this film festival favorite. In the space of... William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, and Cheri Oteri lead a talented cast in PARK. A lunch hour provides more than just a break for the Los Angeles residents in this film festival favorite. In the space of an hour, 10 people's lives cross and change as they spend their lunch at a city park. [More]

Starring: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Cheri Oteri, Melanie Lynskey

Starring: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Cheri Oteri, Melanie Lynskey, Izabella Miko, Anne Dudek, Trent Ford

Director: Kurt Voelker

Director: Kurt Voelker
Screenwriter: Kurt Voelker
Producer: Dana M. Jackson
Composer: John Pratt, Michael Alemania

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May 20, 2008

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  • During their lunch hour, twelve quirky, offbeat characters converge on a secluded, dusty park. Park intertwines the lives of several unsuspecting people, including a depressed and desperate woman, a philandering lawyer, his snooping wife, a pair of dog groomers, and a van of aspiring nudists.
  • Sex, love, betrayal, sushi, and dog grooming – and you thought it was just a quiet little park.
  • Source: Monarch Home Video
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    There are plenty of laughs in the outrageous predicaments and the actors are obviously having a ball.

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    11/16/07
    Jack Mathews
    New York Daily News
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    There's very little cohesion among the separate storylines and aside from some nice performances, it all seems rather pointless.

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    11/16/07
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    None of the characters seems particularly believable, except Lake's; she brings some feeling to a thin role. And the campy, "outrageous" comedy is pretty thin, too.

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    11/16/07
    Kyle Smith
    New York Post
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    Suicide, infidelity, spousal abuse and arrested development are the building blocks of Park a wearisome comedy.

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    11/16/07
    Jeannette Catsoulis
    New York Times
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    Man, have we gone downhill since Short Cuts.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    11/16/07
    Rob Humanick
    Slant Magazine

    It's all harmlessly naughty at the outset, but when it comes to juggling all those characters and their intersecting scenarios, Voelker lacks the dexterity of, say, Robert Altman.

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    11/09/07
    Michael Rechtshaffen
    Hollywood Reporter
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    If Park aspired to any real insights or to any ambition beyond the routine, its hysterics would be worth sitting through.

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    11/07/07
    Jay Antani
    Boxoffice Magazine

    A flotilla of L.A. residents gathers in an unlandscaped recreation area in Baldwin Hills to canoodle, attempt suicide, plot revenge and dig into one another's psyches in writer-director Kurt Voelker's high-spirited if slight comedy, Park.

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    11/02/07
    Kevin Crust
    Los Angeles Times
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    [Makes] the most of thrifty means to highly entertaining effect.

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    11/01/07
    F.X. Feeney
    L.A. Weekly

    It's a hilarious, crowd-pleasing film about everything from honesty to sex to freedom that's definitely smart without being too overbearing.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    06/24/06
    Michael Ferraro
    Film Threat

    Enjoyably rude but uneven.

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    Justin Chang
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