Pssst, want to check out Ellie Parker in our new look?
Information
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 95 min.
- Director
- Scott Coffey
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Rating *
- 5.7
- Votes *
- 3,747
- Checks
- 201
- Favs
- 10
- Dislikes
- 15
- Favs/checks
- 5.0% (1:20)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:2
Top comments
-
FlaviaC
Very likeable independent low-budget film. It shows how confusing the contemporary world has become for people like Ellie, who desperately tries to get recognized. Naomi Watts' great acting and the use of digital media gives it a documentary-like feel. I could totally relate. 11 years 8 months ago -
Siskoid
In Ellie Parker, Naomi Watts is on the verge of stardom, not just because she was about to make Mulholland Dr with David Lynch (in which she also starred as struggling actress), but because it's all right there on the screen. She not only plays Ellie, but Ellie isn't as good an actress as she is, so she has to downplay parts in Ellie's auditions. Shot on video, like some reality programming, we only know it isn't because Ellie might have flights of fancy we're privy to. It's cheap as hell, but raw, and it really does make you feel like this is a documentary of sorts about the hordes of unknown actors toiling in the shadows, never quite making it, in Hollywood. When the characters go to a Dogstar show and meet Keanu Reeves, it's like he's not aware writer-director-co-star Scott Coffey is shooting a movie. That's why Chevy Chase's late turn as Ellie's agent calls such attention to itself (not that he does any shtick, mind you). Part truth, part satire (it stings BECAUSE it's so true), part comedy (I laughed), part tragedy (at least on the scale the film is working at), Ellie Parker apparently grew from a short made some years before and it's well worth the expansion. 4 years 5 months ago -
