Ellie Parker: Critic Reviews

Watts, whose memorable audition scene in Mulholland Drive launched her into stardom, makes a glorious mess of herself playing her karmic opposite.

Naomi Watts delivers a fearless, largely unsympathetic portrayal of the title character as a desperate, unstrung version of herself (an Australian actress with a knack for dialects).

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

A clumsy spoof of Hollywood.

There's the germ of a comic idea here, but most of the movie consists of acting-exercise skits that ramble on until they croak.

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

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.

Ellie Parker stands as definitive proof of Watts' quicksilver talent and self-effacing good-sportsmanship.

Naomi Watts is the only explanation for the existence of the student-y digital video feature Ellie Parker

Ellie's story is as old as Hollywood, but Coffey brings to it a fresh, frenzied and often painfully raw vision in which Ellie begins to feel that her personality is as fragmented as life in Los Angeles can be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.