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Park (2006)

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Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

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During their lunch break, twelve offbeat characters converge on a secluded public park in the hills above Los Angeles. April arrives first with the intention of killing herself, but every time she tries, she fails, which only frustrates her more. Meanwhile, in a nearby pet grooming mobile, Ian is infatuated with his fellow groomer Krysta but is crushed to realize she is planning a kinky rendezvous with a smug attorney named Dennis. Next, Dennis's wife Peggy and her best friend Claire arrive to

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Kurt Voelker

May 20, 2008

Mello Pictures

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (7)

There are plenty of laughs in the outrageous predicaments and the actors are obviously having a ball.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
New York Daily News
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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.

November 16, 2007 Comment
New York Post
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Suicide, infidelity, spousal abuse and arrested development are the building blocks of Park a wearisome comedy.

November 16, 2007 Comment
New York Times
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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.

November 9, 2007 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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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.

November 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Enjoyably rude but uneven.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
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There's very little cohesion among the separate storylines and aside from some nice performances, it all seems rather pointless.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Man, have we gone downhill since Short Cuts.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

If Park aspired to any real insights or to any ambition beyond the routine, its hysterics would be worth sitting through.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

[Makes] the most of thrifty means to highly entertaining effect.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
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.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Park

The suicidal couple was interesting, but all the other characters were pretty stupid and I could have cared less if they all spontaneously combusted. Actually that would have been awesome.

May 22, 2008
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Curtis Lilly

Super Reviewer

A little bit of fluff. A cliched look at relationships and self discovery played out during a long lunch hour at a secluded park overlooking Los Angeles. A lawyer and his paramour are discovered by his wife and her friend. A dog groomer discovers the raving beauty he works beside is not for him, but the troubled young

October 8, 2008
Mark Abell

Super Reviewer

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