Review of Ellie Parker (2005) by Saharat S — 09 Sep 2007

I had high expectations and was disappointed. Hooray for a cameo from Chevy Chase though.

This review of Ellie Parker (2005) was written by Saharat S on 09 Sep 2007.

Ellie Parker has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Ellie Parker

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Blake P (935) on 10 Apr 2015

There's a scene in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 20 Feb 2009

A good movie, fearless and true, observant and merciless. Naomi Watts was brave to make it and gifted to make it so well…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Jacquelin C (2) on 04 Sep 2008

The best things about that movie are the close-up to Naomi Watts face... she's so beautiful... I could watch her 24/7…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Oct 2016

Without Watts, Scott Coffey's feature-length expansion of his identically titled short wouldn't amount to much…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Scott Brown (113) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 29 Jul 2017

Coffey, a tart comic mind who should cast his net farther from the 405, pads his story with more and more familiar degradations, and Watts…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 May 2014

A clumsy spoof of Hollywood, EP always roots for its hapless heroine…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Simon M (879) on 22 Aug 2008

Slowly I become a fan of naomi watts. this movie and her character is totaly different from her ohter stuff and realy refreshing…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Katy T (95) on 02 Dec 2008

I saw the short film of this back in 2001 or 2002 and loved it. Didn't like the movie QUITE as well, but I love Scott's small part in this…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Deric E (32) on 09 Jul 2010

There's no more denying that Naomi Watts is a brilliant actress, bringing Ellie Parker together and making it rather watchable…

Read Review

Review of Ellie Parker (2005)

By Dustin D (712) on 06 Feb 2010

This really boils down to a showcase for Watts and a really enjoyable one at that. Watts delivers one of the best performances of her career…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Graduate (1967)

By Mgfoster330 (1) on 30 Jun 2012

Honestly, I spent my whole life hearing about this film and how important it was as an industry milestone movie, but I never saw it…

Read Review

Review of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

By Jay Boyar (463) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 01 Jan 2000

If your expectations are low enough, you might find a way to enjoy occasional moments in the movie…

Read Review

Review of Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

By Greg Muskewitz (87) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Jul 2003

A humid and sweaty potboiler that fritters away the potential to be hot and steamy…

Read Review

Review of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

By Bosley Crowther (448) for New York Times (5,786) on 25 Mar 2006

[Tashlin], as the writer, producer and director of the film, has let it go mushy and sprawling even more than the original play of George Axelrod…

Read Review

Review of Christopher Strong (1933)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 May 2007

At the time, Arzner's film was not well-received, but later, feminists and other critics reexamined the incoherent saga in terms of gender…

Read Review

Review of The New Centurions (1972)

By Ashley H (2,345) on 23 Jul 2017

The New Centurions is a disappointing film…

Read Review

Review of The V.I.P.s (1963)

By Moni K (397) on 30 Sep 2010

This big, glossy turd of a movie is saved only by Elizabeth Taylor's beautiful orbs (and I don't mean her eyes) and the always wonderful Maggie Smith…

Read Review

Review of Wasted (2002)

By Matt S (1,994) on 14 Nov 2008

Didn't really like it...whiny kids who couldn't get through their addictions--despite having every opportunity thrown at them…

Read Review

Review of The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

By Sma A (300) on 25 Aug 2012

I think that the stupidity should have ended with the second one…

Read Review

Review of Falling Down (1993)

By Drblahblah (64) on 06 Mar 2021

One of the most offensive and unintentionally hilarious films ever made, this reactionary fantasy is equal parts absurd and deranged…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Ellie Parker

2005

55%137 Reviews

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

1981

63%20 Reviews

A Good Year

2006

62%695 Reviews

Step Up

2006

67%574 Reviews

Ah! My Goddess: The Movie

2000

71%88 Reviews

The Hangover Part III

2013

49%840 Reviews

Ali

2001

66%648 Reviews

Barbie as the Island Princess

2007

69%39 Reviews

The Night Comes For Us

2018

73%81 Reviews

Catch a Fire

2006

65%455 Reviews