Ellie Parker
Added 10/7/2009
Ellie Parker was a refreshing look at a off beat documentary of a day in the life of an aspiring actress. Naomi Watts was really good in this roll and it had all the elements of a newby director and his first film, but still held together till the end. A pleasure to watch.
Some of the getting there scenes were a bit nervy. I wonder how many retakes they had to film or did they just run it on a studio lot as she drove around the streets getting dressed for her next audition.
Supporting characters were well cast.
If your a fan of Naomi- give it a look.
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interesting film not boring
Added 9/6/2009
i was into the story ...quite hard to find your purpose in this world this film touches on alot socail problems in this doggy dog world.
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More Hollywood inside baseball
Added 9/19/2008
Can't filmmakers think of anything else but how interesting their own lives are? Really, this is another spoof of how movies are made, how actors behave, how the film industry grinds up people etc etc. There must be dozens of these things. Movies about the movies. Zzzzzz. This one is shot on video and looks it. There's no plot. Just something about the trials of an actress and her life. It has its moments, and I did watch the whole thing. But, why, I'm not sure. Take your chances.
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Naomi Watts gives a as-good-as-it-gets performance
Added 4/19/2008
Saw a snippet of this on the Sundance channel and it looked so different and interesting I immediately went out and rented the dvd. That different look comes from that the movie was "shot on a Sony DCR PC 100" as the end credits spell out. But really, that is just one facet of an overall picture that must also include the star, Naomi Watts who gives a superb performance playing a tough job-seeking actress out in L.A. Other superb facets include the script and the camera visuals. This was really like no other film I've seen except for maybe Time Code or Mulholland Drive. Naomi plays Ellie, a actress who we see ferrying about to different auditions, preparing for them, agonizing over them and watching her act in them.
We also get to see large chunks of her personal life with her standard issue boyfriend, her also actress best girlfriend and her acting class lorded over by a coke-sniffing instructor.
I rate the movie 5 stars because we get to watch Miss Watts exhibiting incredible acting chops and the LOOK of the movie which I must owe to the fabled "shot on Sony DCR PC 100" credit.
the dialogue is excellent.
I could...deduct a star for what I feel is a bit of a inconsequential conclusion but it's all so good up to that point.
This movie would also come in very handy for anyone considering a career in acting because the details of what that would be like are all portrayed here very accurately.
And I must once again commend Naomi Watts' acting. It was facinating watching her act in this.
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Refreshing Perspective of Acting
Added 10/14/2007
Ellie Parker is an interesting movie to watch. It's not an incredibly good one, but it is effective. The handheld looks adds authenticity and realism to it, but some of the movie's events are less than real.
Naomi Watts and Scott Coffey met on the set of Danid Lynch's Mulholland Drive and a friendship and short film sprung from this encounter.
The short film, Ellie Parker, grew into this film today.
For what it's worth, I did enjoy it. Naomi Watts gives a great performance and it has the right amount of quirkiness to keep you interested.
The DVD features a commentary from director Scott Coffey, a behind the scenes featurette, and plenty of deleted scenes.
Although this isn't a film I would recommend, it's at least worth a good look.
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Ellie Parker
Added 10/7/2009
Ellie Parker was a refreshing look at a off beat documentary of a day in the life of an aspiring actress. Naomi Watts was really good in this roll and it had all the elements of a newby director and his first film, but still held together till the end. A pleasure to watch.
Some of the getting there scenes were a bit nervy. I wonder how many retakes they had to film or did they just run it on a studio lot as she drove around the streets getting dressed for her next audition.
Supporting characters were well cast.
If your a fan of Naomi- give it a look.
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interesting film not boring
Added 9/6/2009
i was into the story ...quite hard to find your purpose in this world this film touches on alot socail problems in this doggy dog world.
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More Hollywood inside baseball
Added 9/19/2008
Can't filmmakers think of anything else but how interesting their own lives are? Really, this is another spoof of how movies are made, how actors behave, how the film industry grinds up people etc etc. There must be dozens of these things. Movies about the movies. Zzzzzz. This one is shot on video and looks it. There's no plot. Just something about the trials of an actress and her life. It has its moments, and I did watch the whole thing. But, why, I'm not sure. Take your chances.
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