Ellie Parker

This movie made me like Naomi Watts. I've never appreciated her acting or her as at all in movies, but she is extremely likable in this one. The movie really okay, with not much of an ending. What continually ruined it... Full review

I am astounded by the low rating this movie received from IMDb voters. Naomi Watts as Ellie Parker is excellent. I was reminded of the natural comic talent of Katherine Hepburn at times. The comedy is light, but real. The... Full review

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... Full review

"Ellie Parker" is a deranged, but yet, intuitive film on the struggling Hollywood actresses lifestyle of casting calls, nocturnal partying, and internal conflicts. Naomi Watts was a tour-de-force as the Parker protagonist. Her effusive expressions were a thing of beauty. Watts'... Full review

The hunt for a good job can be tiring, time consuming, and occasionally degrading, which is why Ellie Parker, an actress who wants to make it big in Tinseltown, is a beacon who reflects the hopes and dreams of every... Full review

I'd looked forward to this one, as most attempts at satirizing Hollywood life in the last two decades, both from studios and indies, have ranged from mediocre to unmitigated disasters. This one offered Naomi Watts in a starring role, and... Full review

Scott Coffey's Life of A Lower-Rung Hollywood Nitwit, Ellie Parker, is interesting only as a showcase for the shape-shifter charms of Naomi Watts, a performing chameleon with an endless repertoire of faces (sultry, girlish, devious, ravishing, vacant). The film might... Full review

"Ellie Parker" feels like an extended episode of "Unscripted" through the funny lens of Albert Brooks. It does show the strains of being expanded from a short, for bits that feel like a "Saturday Night Live" routine, and for typical... Full review

If you are a fan of Naomi Watts, as I have been since seeing her for the first time in Mulholland Drive, you will not want to miss Ellie Parker - a veritable tour de force for the actor, who... Full review

"Ellie Parker" is the sort of movie that you wish you could have made in college. It's funny, somewhat different, and has a beautiful leading lady, that of which goes by the name of Naomi Watts in this case. It... Full review

Watts provides a tour-de-force performance as the talented yet insecure Ellie, who's forced to change her clothes, hair and make-up while frantically driving around LA between auditions. Despite being cheaply shot on DV by writer-director-actor Scott Coffey, Ellie Parker makes for an entertaining comedy about life on the fringes of Tinseltown. ... Full Review

The film's great first sequence shows Ellie driving from one audition to another, switching gears and attitude based on the role for which she's auditioning. As ridiculous as the events get (and, thanks to the outstanding cast, they get pretty ridiculous) we always feel like we're right there with Ellie, thanks to the deceptively simple filmmaking and Watts' incredulous performance. ... Full Review

Shot on a shoestring budget on personal use-quality videotape, this super-realistic picture has the look of a home movie. The only flaw of this flick, which is admittedly amusing in spots, lies in its aforementioned poor quality cinematography which intermittently interferes with one's ability to concentrate on an otherwise engaging story. ... Full Review

The film is no fun but the extras are nifty.....hat is pleasant and slight in a short film becomes tedious....they kept making more short-form adventures of Ellie, eventually culminating in a portrait of a self-involved, whiny, indulgent actor in.... ... Full Review

As Ellie considers giving up after losing faith in the craft, her manager Dennis (Chevy Chase) doesn't exactly talk her out of it. ... Full Review