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Ellie Parker

  • 20052005
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  • 1h 35m
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5.6/10
4.7K
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Naomi Watts in Ellie Parker (2005)
Documentary style trailer for this comedy about a struggling actress
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A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness, and a Hollywood acting career.A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness, and a Hollywood acting career.A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness, and a Hollywood acting career.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
4.7K
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    • Scott Coffey
    • Scott Coffey
  • Stars
    • Naomi Watts
    • Jennifer Syme
    • Greg Freitas
    • Scott Coffey
    • Scott Coffey
  • Stars
    • Naomi Watts
    • Jennifer Syme
    • Greg Freitas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
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    Ellie Parker
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    Chevy Chase at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
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    Kenneth Cole at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
    Naomi Watts at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
    Rebecca Rigg and Naomi Watts at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
    Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
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    Chevy Chase, Scott Coffey, Rebecca Rigg, and Naomi Watts at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
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    Simon Baker at an event for Ellie Parker (2005)
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    Naomi Watts
    Naomi Watts
    • Ellie Parker
    Jennifer Syme
    • Casting Chick
    Greg Freitas
    • Rick Saul
    • (as Gregory Frietas)
    Gaye Pope
    • Leslie Towne
    Blair Mastbaum
    • Smash Jackson
    Jessica Vogl
    • Trixie
    Rebecca Rigg
    Rebecca Rigg
    • Sam
    Mark Pellegrino
    Mark Pellegrino
    • Justin
    Kim Fay
    • Therapist
    Scott Coffey
    Scott Coffey
    • Chris
    Todd Coffey
    • Upstairs Neighbor
    David Baer
    David Baer
    • Acting Teacher
    Marcel Sarmiento
    Marcel Sarmiento
    • Acting Student
    Robbi Chong
    Robbi Chong
    • Acting Student
    • (as Robby Chong)
    Jessicka
    • Acting Class Student
    Whitfield Crane
    Whitfield Crane
    • Acting Student
    • (as Whitt Crane)
    Brian McCardie
    Brian McCardie
    • Acting Student
    • (as Brian Mcardie)
    Bret Domrose
    • Dogstar
    • (as Brent Domrose)
      • Scott Coffey
      • Scott Coffey
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Naomi Watts filmed her scenes in between takes while working on the film The Ring Two (2005).
    • Goofs
      Near the end of the movie as Ellie enters the hotel for an audition, the cameraman is reflected in the glass door.
    • Quotes

      [after sex]

      Chris: I was thinking of Johnny Depp.

    • Connections
      Edited from Ellie Parker (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Heart of Glass
      Composed by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

      Performed by Blondie

    User reviews41

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    5/10
    Watts Slightly Wasted in an Inconsequential Film
    With the exception perhaps of "King Kong," Naomi Watts has looked like total hell at some point in every movie she's starred in. She's a brave actress, one with Hollywood starlet looks but without any of the Hollywood starlet vanity.

    One can't help but feel that she's somewhat wasted in "Ellie Parker," an offbeat, super low-budget film about one struggling actress's daily trials in that vast wasteland known as L.A. The film looks like the kind of thing I would make if I had a fairly high-quality digital camcorder and some editing software. But I do not hold the movie's visual style against it, and it's not for that reason that I think Watts was slumming a bit. No, it's the material that makes "Ellie Parker" a less than (o.k. MUCH less than) satisfying viewing experience.

    Parker is going through an identity crisis, but unfortunately for us, it's not a very interesting one. She spends all of her time trying to be something that other people want her to be. Even when she's alone, driving from one audition to another, she's practicing lines and accents, and putting on costumes to fit a part. One senses that the filmmakers wanted to show the acting life as it really is for the majority of people in the business: a harrowing, degrading, grueling and exhausting process that leaves those living it adrift. As Parker says at one point in the film, she feels like her life hasn't started yet, and that everything is an audition for some future part. I'm not sure we need yet one more movie that deflates the glamour of Hollywood. I had a hard time not getting frustrated with Parker -- she chooses the acting life, so it's up to her to deal with the consequences. There's nothing stopping her from getting an unglamorous desk job like millions of other Americans who go to work every day and don't spend all of their time whining about it.

    "Ellie Parker" does provide some fascinating glimpses into the entertainment industry, especially in a scene that shows Parker and her friend attending an acting class -- it goes a long way to supporting my half-serious belief that all really good actors must be to a certain extent mentally unbalanced. There's also a delightfully weird final scene that shows Parker auditioning to a living room full of stoned and bored movie producers, a scene that leaves you wondering how certain films ever get made at all.

    But most of the movie feels underdeveloped and inconsequential, like a film-student experiment.

    Grade: C
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    • Nov 16, 2006

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    • Release date
      • July 14, 2006 (United Kingdom)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Strand Releasing
      • Kailua Productions
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