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Ellie Parker (2005)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 22

Despite some poignant commentary about struggling actors and Naomi Watts' inspired performance, Ellie Parker stutters in making the transition from short to feature length.

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 8

Despite some poignant commentary about struggling actors and Naomi Watts' inspired performance, Ellie Parker stutters in making the transition from short to feature length.

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Naomi Watts produces and stars in Ellie Parker, a semi-autobiographical story of an Australian actress struggling to make it in Hollywood. Ellie is young enough to still schlep to auditions back and forth across L.A., changing wardrobes and slapping on makeup en route, but just old enough that the future feels "more like a threat than a promise." She lives with her vacant musician boyfriend (Mark Pellegrino), who leaves her just about as dissatisfied as any other part of her life, and has a

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Scott Coffey

Written By: Scott Coffey

In Theaters: Nov 11, 2005 Wide

On DVD: Apr 11, 2006

Strand Releasing

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Cast

Naomi Watts
Ellie Parker
Rebecca Rigg
Sam
Scott Coffey
Chris
Mark Pellegrino
Justin
Blair Mastbaum
Smash Jackson
Chevy Chase
Dennis Swartzbaum
Jennifer Syme
Casting Chick
Gregory Frietas
Rick Saul
Gaye Pope
Leslie Towne
Jessica Vogl
Trixie
Kim Fay
Therapist
Todd Coffey
Upstairs Neighbour
David Baer
Acting Teacher
Marcel Sarmiento
Acting Student
Robbi Chong
Acting Student
Jessicka Whitt Crane
Acting Student
Brian McCardie
Acting Student
Bret Domrose
Dogstar Band Member
Robert Mailhouse
Dogstar Band Member
Keanu Reeves
Dogstar Band Member
Debbie Leavit
Vicodin Girl
Gabriella Wall
'Slut' Yelling Girl
Fanshen Cox
Receptionist
Samantha Shelton
Rainbow
Julie Fay
Therapist's Companion
Kate Garwood
Actress Before Ellie
Victoria Smirnova
Russian
Sergei Afrika
Russian
Billy Ray Cyrus
Russian
Neil Jackson

Critic Reviews for Ellie Parker

All Critics (55) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (23) | DVD (8)

Like a sputtering career, Ellie Parker pretty much goes nowhere, and it's difficult to imagine that it would be of interest to many beyond the Hollywood community.

March 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News

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Robert Denerstein

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Top Critic

The picture looks cheap and feels stretched.

January 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Top Critic

Eventually the energy of the original short runs out and the movie coasts on fumes, but it remains surprisingly enjoyable for all that.

December 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Top Critic

The premise -- someone trying to inject meaning into a necessarily vacuous existence -- is depressing, but there are moments of vaguely uncomfortable hilarity. The whole endeavor, however, winds up feeling flat and a bit dull.

December 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Jessica Reaves

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

This is the movie they should show in college acting classes, instead of tapes of Inside the Actors' Studio.

December 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

[Watts'] performance carries this film.

November 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

No one doubts Naomi Watts is photogenic, but this effort is very hard to sit through. Nearly impossible.

September 15, 2009 Full Review Source: CNNRadio

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

Watts fans will, of course, want to see Ellie Parker regardless of what I or anyone else say about it.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive, King Kong), who always seems to be playing an aspiring actress, is a thespian again, here, as the title character of this comic portrait of a newcomer to Tinseltown trying to find fame in fortune in Hollywood.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Mount Desert Islander

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Kam Williams

Mount Desert Islander

Game for almost anything, Watts displays serious comic chops and is, as always, a delight to watch.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Lewis Beale

Film Journal International

Enjoyable comedy with several laugh-out-loud moments and a terrific performance from Naomi Watts.

July 13, 2006 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

O que falta de estilo ao filme � compensado por uma atua��o corajosa, despojada e impressionante de Naomi Watts.

May 3, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

If you're considering a move to L.A. to pursue an acting career, this is your Scared Straight.

March 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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M.E. Russell

Oregonian

...the stretch to feature length hasn't done the material any favors.

February 21, 2006 Full Review | Comment

Todd Jorgenson

Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

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Really entertaining, experimental piece of work with a beyond good performance by Naomi Watts.

January 5, 2008

Michael S

Super Reviewer

Shot piecemeal over around five years, Ellie Parker is a pseudo-biographical account of one actress' attempts to 'make it' in the movie world. Naomi Watts is our tragic heroine here, again turning in a superbly real performance, most tellingly in that before David Lynch had the insightfulness to grant her the lead in

November 24, 2006